Eggs or birds

[CHICKENLOVERtweny7]

Do think that chickens that are pretty are better than chickens who lay pretty eggs?

 

[Mrs. K]

I do like my eggs, but I love to watch my chickens. But I don't have real pretty ones, but they are fun to watch anyway.

Mrs k

 

[Lilac_Ginger_Butterscotch]

Pretty chickens are better in my opinion because I think of my chickens as pets so getting eggs is just a perk of having them

 

[CHICKENLOVERtweny7]

I do like my eggs, but I love to watch my chickens. But I don't have real pretty ones, but they are fun to watch anyway.

Mrs k

yes me too.

 

[Iluveggers]

I am debating this very question now! In my chick order (I am keeping a handful and the rest are going to thr family farm), we have pretty birds, and pretty egg layer breeds, and friendly birds. I’ve told myself I want 1 pretty bird, 1 pretty egg breed, and the 3 friendliest chicks. Lol. I have found that the pretty breeds (Speckled Sussex, Blue LRW, Lavender Orpington) have just regular tan eggs. Luckily we have some CCL, WTB, WTG, EE & OE, so I am keeping fingers crossed that there will be a super pretty & friendly one in that bunch!

 

[NatJ]

Why decide?

With all the chicken breeds there are, it's possible to have pretty birds that also lay pretty eggs.

(Note, I think most egg colors are pretty, and I think at least half of chicken breeds are pretty, so I may have an extra-easy time finding chickens that please me in those respects.)

 

[azurbanclucker]

Colorful eggs are cool, but they just kinda lay there and don't really do a whole lot. Colorful birbs, on the other hand, turn your area into an outdoor fish tank you can watch for hours.

 

[Isadora]

I would definitely choose pretty birds over pretty eggs. I have Easter eggers and get a few different shades of shell color and it's not neat to me any more because now it's normal. But I do enjoy having a wide variety of birds in my flock.