Breeds of chickens your ancestors had?

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

My maternal grandmother was a Barred Rock fan while my paternal grandmother had White Rocks and Leghorns.

Jim

 

[pdsavage]

My grandma raised RR and some other proubly mixed breeds.I remember one of her roosters named one eyed charly,he was a mean old RR.she had a huge chicken coop and run with lots of chickens.Course it proubly just looked huge to a 7 year old.

 

[Rte.66_chicks]

My mom has told me that her parents had Black Orpingtons when she was a kid in Australia.

 

[Ace_king_brahma]

Grandparents on both sides had any old barnyard mutts. And some RIR. My parents raised silkies for a couple years when I was little and one odd BB Red rooster that decided he really liked the silkie hens.

When I started raising my mixed flock my Dad got back into it as well as my Mom. My mother had some black silkies and black japanesse banties. My Dad had a couple mutts. His favorites were a calico named Chaps and he was a mutt mutt mutt! Chaps was a calico EExSilkiexCochin. His other favorite was Yang a brassy back silkiexcochin mix.

LOL the next generation is already into chickens! My niece has a wonderul Cayuga drake and my nephew recieved a Pekin Drake. My niece is crazy abut my chickens! She can watch endlessly! I figure soon as she can talk she'll bug my sister for chickens.

 

[conny63malies]

I dont know what breed they were. We had the chicken truck come by twice a year and my granny picked always brown or black ones. One time we got a dozen one year old retired layers from the egg factory for 2 german marks a piece, which was dirt cheap. But it took them four weeks to ajust and lay in nests instead of dropping them everywhere

 

[patandchickens]

It's not exactly my ancestors, but my husband's mother (now in her 80s) had Light Sussex for a while as a girl. Well anyhow her family did. She didn't like them much, I gather

, but that's the main reason I'm trying to get ahold of some myself now, not entirely easy in Canada

The only chicken-y part of my own family history that I know of is that my mother was attacked and frightened by an aunt's banties when she was a girl.

And yet somehow I've ended up with chickens myself. Go figure

Pat

 

[EllyMae]

Barred rocks and RIR...along with one mean old turkey that used to chase us.

 

[Dixiedoodle]

I am sure that my g'parents owned mixed breed chickens.. But they had the most handsome roo you ever laid eyes on! He was HUGE, had a single, bright red comb, beetle green tail feathers that were carried tall and he was brown/red/wheaten in color. The hens were different in color and size.... But papa had a tiny feathered leg hen, (that he called his 'buff cochin'--she must have been a cochin/EE mix) that layed a 'robin's egg blue' egg w/ tiny dark spots on it... She was his favorite....! Funny how when you think back and somethings never go out of style--Papa's roo and hen would still be favorite of many chicken owners..Dixie

 

[luvmychicknkids]

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Oh how cool is that!!!! I have some of my Grandmother's Irises, but to have descendents their chickens!!!! WOW!!!

 

[hoosier]

I have some stationery from the poultry farm my grandmother used to run. It says "SC White Leghorns - Bred to Lay and Pay".