Susan-B
Songster
New chicken keeper ...
Was supposed to pick up a cream brabanter today but it was DOA sadly. I have the option to pick up a buff orpington or a cuckoo maran instead to round out my flock (3 Easter eggers, 1 black australorp, 1 welsummer, 1 barnevelder, 1 speckled sussex)
or I can wait and see if the next shipment of brabanters comes in at the end of the month, but then I will have to get two (and that’s more chickens than I want /can’t fit)
Sooooo would either of the other birds be a good substitute or should I just wait it out and see if I can get what I originally wanted?
I want friendly, pretty, a good layer but doesn’t need to be the best production, needs to be both heat and cold tolerant since I live in Pennsylvania, and I want the food they eat/eggs they produce ratio to be good. Thx.
(they also had a white brahma and some Cochin but I don’t know if I want to deal with the feathery feet)
Was supposed to pick up a cream brabanter today but it was DOA sadly. I have the option to pick up a buff orpington or a cuckoo maran instead to round out my flock (3 Easter eggers, 1 black australorp, 1 welsummer, 1 barnevelder, 1 speckled sussex)
or I can wait and see if the next shipment of brabanters comes in at the end of the month, but then I will have to get two (and that’s more chickens than I want /can’t fit)
Sooooo would either of the other birds be a good substitute or should I just wait it out and see if I can get what I originally wanted?
I want friendly, pretty, a good layer but doesn’t need to be the best production, needs to be both heat and cold tolerant since I live in Pennsylvania, and I want the food they eat/eggs they produce ratio to be good. Thx.
(they also had a white brahma and some Cochin but I don’t know if I want to deal with the feathery feet)
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