Best of these breeds...

[JadeFarms]

So, I am getting some new chickens on the 22nd of this month. I was wondering how good of breeds these are. I know the buff Orpington, Polish and Cornish X are good, (but I will add them to the list) some of the others I’m not too sure on. They are...
Buff Orpington
Sapphire Gem TM (Unsure on this breed completely)
Brown Leghorn
Welsummer
Silver Laced Wyandotte
Speckled Sussex
Black Jersey Giant
Polish
Cornish X
Olive Egger
Golden Laced Wyandotte
Delaware
Lavender Orpington
French Wheaten Maran
Cuckoo Maran

 

[PioneerChicks]

What do you want them for? Broodiness, eggs, meat, pets...

 

[CatWhisperer]

It depends on what you want out of your chickens as to how good a breed is. It also depends on whom you get those chickens from.

 

[JadeFarms]

I got my chickens from Hoover’s hatchery, and I am wanting them to be good pets.

 

[SueT]

Do not get Cornish X to be pets. They are meat birds, grow very fast, and won't live long.

 

[PioneerChicks]

Okay then! I haven't had many of the breeds listed up there but the ones I have had (Buff Orpingtons, Speckled Sussex, Olive Egg Layer, Polish, and Silver Laces Whyandotte) were/are all good pets!

 

[JadeFarms]

Okay then! I haven't had many of the breeds listed up there but the ones I have had (Buff Orpingtons, Speckled Sussex, Olive Egg Layer, Polish, and Silver Laces Whyandotte) were/are all good pets!

Ok, thanks for your experience. I had my Cornish X as a pet and loved her! I wanted to try other breeds too though and I hope I made the right choices.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Buff Orpington

No.

Maran

Don’t know what that is.

Maran

Don’t know what a ’Maran’ is. Perhaps you could try a “Marans?”


(You can thank the similar threads feature for me finding these atrocious things )

 

[JadeFarms]

No.

Don’t know what that is.

Don’t know what a ’Maran’ is. Perhaps you could try a “Marans?”


(You can thank the similar threads feature for me finding these atrocious things )