Been thinking a lot about my future flocks....

[SamG347]

Over the years I have always kept a list of certain breeds/colorations that I found interesting or that caught my eye. I have finally narrowed that list down...still not very small. But I hope and plan to have small/medium sized breeding flocks of all these birds after college. Thought I would list them all for you guys to see!

Standard Chickens:
Orpingtons(buff,white,black,blue,splash,lavender..and would love to work with jody on Jubilee orps!)
Sussex(coronation)
Wyandottes(silver laced,golden laced)
Maran(blue copper)
Araucana(blue,lavedner,blue/lavender duckwing)
Ameraucana(blue,black,splash,lavender)
Plymouth Rocks(blue,black,splash)

Bantam Chickens:
Silkies(white,blue)
D'anvers(lavender cuckoo)
Ameraucana(blue wheaten,white)

Turkeys:
Blue Palm
Bourbon Red/Jersey Buff
Chocolate Palm
Oregon Grey
Rio Grande Wilds

Ducks:
Muscovy(chocolate,lavender,blue)

Geese:
American(buff,blue,lavender)

Gamebirds:
Ringneck Pheasant(blueback,black,white)
Bobwhite Quail(several mutations)
Coturnix Quail(several mutations)
Chukar Partridge(grey,albino)
Peach Golden Pheasants
Impeyan Pheasants


I know I will probably never have them all. But it is a goal of mine once I get my own homestead. Going to college at PSU for Agricultural sciences....possibly Poultry Science. But also interested in Horticulture(crops) and Apiaculture(honey bees)
Looking forward to an interesting future!

 

[trilyn]

Wow, that's so awesome-congratulations on being so goal oriented!

Hey, if you're gonna dream, dream big and it looks like you've got that covered! I wish you well from the bottom of my heart and pray all your dreams/goals come true!

 

[Overeasyplz]

Good job Sam! Keep those goals going! Have you ever heard of a Spanish Black turkey? A freind of ours from Eastern Oregon brought us some a long time ago, they perished in a flood but were very broody turkeys! I'd love to see those again someday!

 

[SamG347]

Yes the Black Spanish though a Heritage breed are pretty common. And also a very beautiful bird. But the one thing I'm aiming for with my flocks is mostly hard to come by breeds/color mutations. I don't want to have something everyone else has for marketing and the fact that it is a little rarer makes it more of a motive for me to breed them.