Dixie Chicks

[hennible]

And black chickens....
My black ducklings have that green sheen to their feathers... Love it

 

[Beer can]

I didn't even want those Langshans, only the white giants, but sandhill had a max of ten on them, and I had to have twenty five chicks for shipping. After looking at pics of Langshans now I can't wait to get them! Only three more weeks!!!

 

[minihorse927]

Gee, this is what I like. Others experiences introducing different breeds to us. Blue Andulusians! My son got three looney girls. They were cute silly yellow chicks that turned into amazing silly and goofy white eggs layers. They cost 1.99 each at Tractor supply.

We went there for feed.

I was a chick snob.

He got three. They have laid an egg a day even when there was two feet of snow on the ground. They were laying around week 16-20. And they have not stopped. They are free range all the time and lived with the white Phoenix.

They were so cheap and not expensive like my English Orpingtons. They have been well worth the 1.99 price of each!

I wasn't much on white egg layers until I got leghorns. Now I miss having those he white eggs wveryday. Talked to a friend who sells nothing but white farm eggs and he invited me over to look. He had about 50 blue Andalusian and 5 or so white leghorns. He said he got his Andalusian from Murray McMurray and they lay 6 and 7 days each a week. He has never had a complaint with them. Never had them get sick. Said they lay 4 or 5 days a week through the winter and they lay for a longer period of their life than the white leghorns. He said half of them even lay through a molt! I didn't care if the ones I'm getting were show quality or not, just wanted something that lays well.

 

[tntchix]

I used to think white egg layers were just bad....



I don't know exactly why I was so prejudiced

Maybe just because my grandmother only had brown egg layers

I ordered Silver Leghorns for white eggs and ended up w/ SLW's. Mistake at hatchery. But we wanted those anyway. I just think the eggs make all the brown eggs pop colorwise.

I really like a lot of the Asian breeds...
The roosters with the insanity long tail feathers and such.... I'm a sucker for a round bird... Orpington's, Cochins... And love laced anything... And apparently I like blue Wheaton

The youngest wanted a Phoenix (white no less) um...no. I love them but too much to handle as a newbie.

And black chickens....
My black ducklings have that green sheen to their feathers... Love it

Love the green sheen! I have several different types.

 

[hennible]

My newest black hens sine purple and green and blue. Wish I could photograph it better.

 

[tntchix]

 

[Beer can]

I've always been partial to brown eggs, the only reason I have whites now is I wanted guaranteed eggs everyday along with the dark brown spotted, green and was hoping for blue, and the brownleghorns have done it. All chickens are cool but if I was to ever go for egg laying ability again I swear by Rhode Island Reds, the egglayingist chickens I've ever had. Lay through winter and they all took turns molting so we always had tons of eggs. Had so many eggs I was feeding them to our dogs, gave them away, threw them away, made me scared to have too many chickens ever again, I don't want to have to sell eggs. 15 RIRs gave us over 400 eggs a month for over two years! We couldn't eat that many eggs!

 

[Razadia]

I've always been partial to brown eggs, the only reason I have whites now is I wanted guaranteed eggs everyday along with the dark brown spotted, green and was hoping for blue, and the brownleghorns have done it. All chickens are cool but if I was to ever go for egg laying ability again I swear by Rhode Island Reds, the egglayingist chickens I've ever had. Lay through winter and they all took turns molting so we always had tons of eggs. Had so many eggs I was feeding them to our dogs, gave them away, threw them away, made me scared to have too many chickens ever again, I don't want to have to sell eggs. 15 RIRs gave us over 400 eggs a month for over two years! We couldn't eat that many eggs!

I wish mine would do that!

 

[bamadude]

I wish my neighbor would go to sleep. He has been awake for days.

 

[hennible]

Sing him a lullaby