SG Dorkings would be a wonderful choice..Don't you have one anymore? And CA Greys too. My Blanche is a daily layer and a sweet heart. My Icelandics don't fly over the fence. They don't even fly that much but they do run, Those girls are always in a hurry to get to the next spot.
ohhhLove it! I like blues and lavenders, too, but then I really think that they are all different shades of grey!
My black, white, and blues include:
Black Australorp
Barred Rocks
Silver Laced Wyandotte
Black, white, blue, and splash Langshans
Pita Pintas
White Am Bresse
Lavender Ameraucanas
Coronation Sussex
I think that's it but I could be missing someone!
SG Dorkings would be a wonderful choice..Don't you have one anymore? And CA Greys too. My Blanche is a daily layer and a sweet heart. My Icelandics don't fly over the fence. They don't even fly that much but they do run, Those girls are always in a hurry to get to the next spot.
ohhhplus you reminded me I would love Coronation and Silver Sussex...
do you have Langshans in all those colors? Do you have Croads (?) Are they the ones with the plum colored bloom? I have to add them too!
When she goes broody do you guys have a hatch a long competition?Do you give her chicks to raise? I realize that might be hard for you since you never have chicksSorry I know I am not being THAT funny but I picture you with your bator and her with a thought bubble that says..."I'm going 12/12 here bud lets see you top that."
OK no CA Greys for you but let me tell you, if my girl is an example they are super cool!
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Ron - you have not read my signature line.
They can easily fly over a fence. Some of mine would and some never did. But the ones that did, made it over the 6 ft fence. That run is now covered, but not because of the Icelandics.
They are on the small side of Large Fowl. Most of my hens are about the size of a buttercup hen. So you can have more of them because they are small.But for their body size, they lay a great sized egg. They are very reliable layers and molt quickly. Most of mine are done in 2 months and back to laying.
They do go broody and are fantastic mothers. (which is why I got them) They like to roost in the highest spot - I had to close off the rafters of my coop to keep them from roosting up there. They like to hide their eggs too - any time I have an open shavings bag, I have to collect eggs from there. It's still in the coop, so I guess they figure they are good.
Barnevelder eggs are very round and I've hatched more cockerels than pullets from most of what I've hatched.
Very nice. Love the eye roll.Had the ADOR auto-door installed today.
Also had John move the nest-box wall unit backing board from the adjacent wall to the same wall as the chicken door. (Luckily, John used screws instead of nails -and I knew this - so it wasn't a hugely labor intensive task. Time, .....well, I am "the customer.")
My rationale was realizing, in the original configuration, all the traffic through the chicken door would pass directly in front of one or more nest boxes in the bottom row. This would contribute to an even less private sensation for the not-very-private boxes. So, with the auto-door on the same wall as the nest unit, then most of the chicken traffic would pass to the side.
Said nest unit needs to be removed from the home coop and cleaned before transporting it to the new coop.
There was some eye-rolling at my explanation of nest box privacy issues. (Heck, there may be some eye-rollers amongst BYCers reading this.)
I do have all 4 colors of Langshans and plan on breeding them after the first of the year. They are currently out foraging the fields on the farm. If you are interested in Langshans, I encourage you to read the Langshan thread. The common consensus on that thread is that the Langshans in the US are Croad Langshans even if they don't all lay eggs with a plum colored bloom. I don't think that all of the Croads in Great Britain lay eggs with the plum bloom and they are still Croads. We have a gentleman from Wales who has raised LF white Langshans for many years. He says that ours are identical to the ones there. The other kinds of Langshans are obviously different. The German Langshans do not have feathered legs. The modern Langshans have a different body shape. And the Australian Langshans were bred with Australorps in order to save the breed so they look different. I love my Langshans and I'm excited to finally begin breeding them!ohhhplus you reminded me I would love Coronation and Silver Sussex...
do you have Langshans in all those colors? Do you have Croads (?) Are they the ones with the plum colored bloom? I have to add them too!
I think I like the Zebra chicken description much better. Much more accurate to me than Cuckoo? What about cuckoo says black and white stripes?When she goes broody do you guys have a hatch a long competition?Do you give her chicks to raise? I realize that might be hard for you since you never have chicksSorry I know I am not being THAT funny but I picture you with your bator and her with a thought bubble that says..."I'm going 12/12 here bud lets see you top that."
OK no CA Greys for you but let me tell you, if my girl is an example they are super cool! Pretty generic looking...they are cuckoo or what my DH calls a "zebra chicken" but personable and the eggs are big and plentiful.
