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

[Amer]

Oh, they are definitely weird enough to fit here! Apart from being the size of freakin' battleships, with the ubiquitous deep crow to match, they have weirdly long and profusely feathered legs, the typical Brahma eagle-eyes, and rose comb! And occasionally pretty unusual color patterns (google "BOS Brahma rooster)! My weirdometer goes through the roof!

Actually, pea comb. My Buckeyes almost fit all of those things.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

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.

I don’t consider any chicken breed to be weird looking. Some breeds are unusual, but definitely not weird. I’m getting a mixed flock this March so here are the breeds I will be getting and the breeds that I want:
I’m getting an Araucana pullet for the blue eggs and because I love how they look, an Ameraucana pullet for blue eggs and to show the differences between the two breeds as their names are used interchangeably by people who don’t know about them. I’m also getting 4 sebright pullets and hopefully a Silver Lakenvelder, a Golden Campine, a Light Brahma, a Dominique, & a Salmon Faverolles. When I get my own property I will have a laying flock of about 20 hens and 2 roosters. I want to breed Araucanas and Phoenixes.

 

[Henrik Petersson]

Actually, pea comb. My Buckeyes almost fit all of those things.

Thanks!

I don’t consider any chicken breed to be weird looking. Some breeds are unusual, but definitely not weird.

Well, I think they're weird!

 

[Henrik Petersson]

Okay, this is something I could realistically probably not obtain, but a Dong Tao hen would be the crowning achievement of my flock of weirdness:

 

[Amer]

In my opinion, chickens are weird. And I am a weirdo who likes weird stuff, not that everyone else is a weirdo. These may be hard to obtain, but who here knows what German Langshans are? They are strange.

 

[Amer]

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=german+langshans&FORM=HDRSC2

 

[Henrik Petersson]

In my opinion, chickens are weird. And I am a weirdo who likes weird stuff, not that everyone else is a weirdo. These may be hard to obtain, but who here knows what German Langshans are? They are strange.

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:

 

[Amer]

Very true. But chickens are weird because of their genetics, and I consider "weird" a compliment. Genetics are fun.

 

[PirateGirl]

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 interesting to see the list, and I think as more people from more countries chime in it will grow.

 

[pineapple416]

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