Breeds of chickens your ancestors had?

[Katy]

I remember one set of grandparents had white chicken....leghorns I suppose and the other grandma always had a mix of different ones.

 

[Tutter]

I called my mother in Yosemite, and she said that they had Rhode Island Reds, which is news to me, the "black and white speckled hens" I remember; a "few black hens that weren't really the favorites"; the guinea hens, and a very few misc.

So it looks mostly like RIR's, barred rocks or Dominiques, and guinea hens, with some misc.

 

[amystours]

Not sure what my Great Grandparents had. Mixed flock, most likely. My mother has a bunch of pics, will have to dig through and see if I can find one of the chickens.

My grandfather raised white "leggerns", but that was for a poultry company...used to be Country Pride, then changed to Con Agra. He got out of the business, but I think the name has changed yet again. Pilgrim's Pride, maybe?