A fun thought experiment: Create your ultimate "weird flock!"

[PirateGirl]

Love it! I have kind of an interesting flock, we like to get new breeds and different egg colors.

At first I read this as different "leg" colors, which would certainly be an interesting way to go

 

[pineapple416]

haha! They do have different leg colors though so I guess it is kind of true! We don't do that on purpose though Haha!

 

[BantyChooks]

IMO chickens started off normal, but we humans made them weird. The weirdos talked about in this thread are probably more dependent on human caregiving than breeds who look more like wild chickens. They are not "equal" to more "normal" chickens.

And this is a German Langshan. What a weird butt:

That looks like an orpington with stork legs.

 

[Henrik Petersson]

I can't help but think of the time and expense it would take to actually collect all of these breeds. They are not all exactly easy to come by. Very few could ship from a hatchery, and if you want SOP type stock even harder.

It's not necessarily a huge hassle, since a lot of people already have a lot of breeds. So perhaps you could buy two or more breeds from the same place. Also, you don't have to obtain them all at once. As long as you start with at least two hens, they should be fine.

 

[pineapple416]

I would have...(all roosters because I feel like that is weirder)

• Silkie rooster
• Ayam Cemani rooster
• Polish rooster
• Phoenix rooster
• Naked neck rooster
• Sebright
• English Orpington rooster
• And one of those roosters with no feathers (just to add weirdness wouldn't actually want one in real life that seems mean)

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I've never heard of a candy corn polish...do you have a picture of one?

Here's a picture from the internet:

All roosters? Yes... That is weird!

Yup! I actually have a flock of all roosters right now, though I don't have any of the breeds on my list.

 

[3riverschick]

Making the wierdest chicken. Cross,in no particular order , a Speckled Sussex; a brown based pure muffed and tufted Ameraucana; a blue copper Marans; and a white showgirl and a Candy Corn Polish.

 

[Henrik Petersson]

Okay, I think I found a comb weirder than La Fleche: Buttercup.

It looks like moose antlers... It's a mooster!

 

[Amer]

Okay, I think I found a comb weirder than La Fleche: Buttercup.

It looks like moose antlers... It's a mooster!

The girls are super pretty.

 

[Poultrylord]

Me and a friend of mine (who also want to get chickens some day) sometimes engage in a little thought experiment: If one were to buy a flock of chickens with the weirdest-looking and most diverse breeds, which breeds would one pick?

That is, don't just pick one breed that looks the weirdest, but pick weird-looking breeds that look totally different from one another.

Another "rule" of this thought experiment is that the flock has to "work". It has to be a healthy flock. So, one rooster per 5-15 hens, preferably no mixing of huge and tiny breeds, etc. Also, you have to be able to obtain the birds reasonably easy where you live. So possibly no breed that only exists in a tiny part of Asia.

Furthermore: Feel free to include pictures in this thread!

Okay, my personal thoughts:

- I'm gonna go with "average sized" chickens in my whole flock.

- For rooster, I think I'll go with a rumpless Araucana. Rumplessness looks so weird. And I want it to have the full regalia regarding headgear: Beard, muff, tufts, the works. Color doesn't really matter.
Alternatively: A Swedish Black rooster with a purple comb. They are weird, and metal, and beautiful.

- Two Silkies. That's a no-brainer.

- Two Turkens. That's also a no-brainer. (I'm going with two of everything, to reduce risk of bullying).

- Actually, no Showgirls. Showgirls are in between silkies and turkens, so that would kind of ruin the diversity a little.

- Two Cochin hens. Or maybe Orpingtons. What I'm looking for is walking perfect spheres. And I realize I'm leaving the "average size" territory here, so let's start calling my flock "average/large".

- Two Malay hens, or some similar very gamey looking game breed.

- Two Sultan hens. Polish would be okay; anything with ridiculous headgear, really. But Sultans have feathered legs, so...

- A wide diversity of colors. Doesn't matter which breed has which, but one pure white, one jet black, and so on. If possible, a lot of lacing and banding.

So, in pictures, my flock could look like this:

Hmm, that would make eleven in all... Maybe too many? I need to have room for their offspring too... Maybe I'll just get one of each...?

Oh well. What are your submissions?

Modern Game Bantams would also be odd due to their extremely long legs.