Does anyone have these breeds?

[PioneerPrincess]

I was looking at the breeds of chickens and here is a looooong list I like.

I would like to know if they are good layers and any other info such as if they are friendly or how they do in hot weather. Also, I would like to see real pictures instead of the hatcheries I found the breeds on. Thank you in advance for your help!!

I will start first with banties:

OEGB:
Self Blue
White tail red
Splash
Fawn golden duckwing
Fawn red duckwing
Fawn silver duckwing
Blue tailed buff
Blue wheaten
Blue silver duckwing
Blue red

Sebright:
Golden
Silver
Buff laced

Now for regular sized:

Speckled Sussex
Golden Campine
Welsummer
Buff Brahma
Blue Andalusians
Buttercups
Porcelain d'uccles
Buff Minorca

Lakenvelder:
Golden
Silver

Hamburg:
Silver Spangled
Golden Penciled

Leghorn:
California White
Exchequer
Light Brown

Polish:
Buff laced
Golden laced
Mottled houdan
White crested black
White crested blue
Silver laced

Sex-links:
Gold
Red

Plymouth Rock (I would like to see what these look like; I already have the white plymouth rock):
Buff
Silver laced

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

Wow!! Thats a LONG list!!

You do know that California Whites are a Leghorn CROSS, right?

 

[henney penny]

I have golden comet which are a sex link and also black sex links also EE`S.

 

[fancbrd4me02]

I have Porcelain, Lavender (Self Blue) and Gold-Necked d'Uccles. My Porcelain hen is laying right now, and I am conducting fertility tests. The father is either a Porcelain or Gold-Neck.

 

[amazondoc]

You can find discussions about many of those breeds by searching the BYC forums.

I'll tell you a bit about the Exchequer leghorns. They're a bit hard to find pics of, but you can see some pics of my Exchequer and mille fleur leghorns here:

http://eggheadhill.smugmug.com/Chickens/Leghorn/10024948_Nx3Nx

I like mine a lot. They are very attractive birds, and at least mine aren't flighty, as many people complain about with leghorns.

The other breed I have on your list is Welsummers. You'll find a lot of info about them if you'll just do a search.

Oh, and as for porcelain d'Uccles -- they aren't regular sized. They're bantams. I don't have them in porcelain, but I have had golden-necked and "regular" mille fleur. They are lovely birds.

 

[LeBlackbird]

Buff Brahma

I don't have a Speckled Sussex, but here is a Russian Spangled Orloff

 

[LeBlackbird]

An old pic of my white crested blue Polish

 

[LeBlackbird]

Most of the OEGB colos

http://www.bantychicken.com/cgi-bin/OEGBCA/mods/usergallery/index.cgi

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Pointing out-d'Uccles are banties, too.

They don't come in large fowl size.

I have a Buff Brahma hen in bantam size but she still lays very well, is very friendly, and she's just okay in hot weather. Brahmas are bred to handle cold weather better, because of their small Pea comb (to deter frostbite) and bulky bodies. Pic of her last winter:

(Bare in mind that bantams don't look much different from their large fowl counterparts, apart from size.) And also, she looks much better in person. Pictures don't do her justice, especially when she's moulting.

I have a few Polish and have had experience with them over the years. People say they don't lay very well but mine have always laid approx. 3 eggs a week. They can be somewhat skittish but I still find them very friendly and remain one of my favorite breeds.

They're much better suited for warmer weather than cold weather. In rainy weather, crest feathering gets droopy and gross but even living through wacky NY weather has never stopped me from ordering them every year.

My deseaced White Crested Black hen as an adult, also taken last winter:

I also have a Golden Laced, Buff Laced, and Silver Laced Polish as well, but I don't have any adult pictures of them. Yet.

You put 'Mottled Houdan' under 'Polish', but the Houdan is a different breed and is sometimes lumped in with the Polish.

 

[PioneerPrincess]

Wow!! Thats a LONG list!!

You do know that California Whites are a Leghorn CROSS, right?

No, I didn't. I saw it on ideal poultry and liked what it looked like. Is it California and Leghorn cross?

Oh, and as for porcelain d'Uccles -- they aren't regular sized. They're bantams. I don't have them in porcelain, but I have had golden-necked and "regular" mille fleur. They are lovely birds.

Pointing out-d'Uccles are banties, too. smile They don't come in large fowl size.

No, I didn't know that either.

I always guessed they were regular sized and came in bantam form. Thanks for all the info so far!!!

You put 'Mottled Houdan' under 'Polish', but the Houdan is a different breed and is sometimes lumped in with the Polish.

As I was typing that, I saw it said Houdan and I wondered why it said that was a type of Polish.​