Greeting ….Newbie Foster Dad to flock of 42

[Hundo]

Greetings from Mississippi . Very new to game chickens. Due to recent loss of family member , I’ve inherited a total of 42 hens and roosters (not to count the 13 bitties running everywhere……). These are the most beautiful chickens I’ve ever seen…. I’m trying to decide what to do with them and wanted to try and start with identification process of what breed , bloodline…?……etc. I look forward to learning and gaining knowledge from the tenured game fowl gurus . Thank you in advance for your insight to type , breed, bloodline etc…

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC - beautiful birds.

 

[Jenbirdee]

wow! nice birds! my sympathy to you regarding your loss, you are doing a great kindness to your family member by caring for all the chickies.
welcome to BYC !

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad to have you in this poultry lovers community.

 

[2ndTink]

Welcome! I don't know on the breed but you're in the right place to have someone who does. If you don't get an answer on the breed here, post a thread in the Breed ID section.

 

[Hundo]

Thank you for your kind words. It’s very intimidating to say the least but I’ve kinda taken a liking to them. I sold my business and retired for the most part and have enjoyed raising world champion AQHA & APHA horses.

wow! nice birds! my sympathy to you regarding your loss, you are doing a great kindness to your family member by caring for all the chickies.
welcome to BYC

 

[Nomadicus]

You may have come into some of the Aseel breeds that 2 of can be found on this page. Not a sure thing but a possibility that you can recognize one or two of them here.
https://www.cacklehatchery.com/product-category/baby-chicks/rare-breed-chickens/

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska. The Best of Luck with your Flock! There Beautiful!

 

[2ndTink]

Thank you for your kind words. It’s very intimidating to say the least but I’ve kinda taken a liking to them. I sold my business and retired for the most part and have enjoyed raising world champion AQHA & APHA horses.

Wow! You have beautiful horses, obviously since they are world champions, but I just had to say it

I used to ride a lot, I had some QHs, POAs, TBs, and various unregistered horses. The only showing I did was in 4H, then I did some team penning with my uncle, lots of trail riding, and just running around doing fun things on horses.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Lovely flock of Chickens you inherited! So sorry for your loss however. You can post photos in our What Breed and Gender forums for more help with ID... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/what-breed-or-gender-is-this.15/

Enjoy this new adventure and welcome to our community!