Does anyone have only ONE breed?

[Trisseh]

My long term goal is to have only my Hedemora. With a silkie hen on the side for hatching eggs. Haha. I started out with hatching a lot of different breeds to get a feel for what was going to work well within my needs, my climate, and what I liked best overall. I like my Icelandic but the giant single combs are no good here. The laying breeds that I’ve had were too fragile, and the bantams acted like they were freezing to death even with a heating pad to snuggle up to. The hedemora and ironically the silkies are the only ones who are willing to go out and play in the snow.

 

[ackie]

I suppose not prolifically like a production breed?

yeah. mostly I would like to be able to sell hens & I'm located next to a city so most people are going to be working with zoning ordinances around maximums plus a space issue, so my birds that are great as far as being low maintenance but don't lay as much, aren't really what they want.

 

[ackie]

my girls are great at hiding eggs and showing up with babies though which I find very fun

 

[Geckolady]

I have a small flock that's only Leghorns. I'm interested in eggs but not meat, so they suit me just fine.

 

[ackie]

Oh and in my order from McMurray this year, I agreed to the mystery chick so that'll be fun

 

[HappyClucker7]

I have a few different breeds.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

Oh and in my order from McMurray this year, I agreed to the mystery chick so that'll be fun

Can't wait to see what you get!

 

[DouglasB]

Two, barred rocks and rhode island red white leghorn cross

 

[bill3607]

RR's, Barred Rock, EE's

 

[Crazychickenlady998]

I started out with RIR then got some buff orpingtons and just got some BCM and legbar chicks but I keep all my breeds separate so I get pure chicks to raise and sell