Hello Fellow Chicken Lovers!

[Scorpiochick]

My name Is Lisa.

I have checked out this site quite a few times and finally joined today.Happy to be here. I live in Haskell Texas with is about an hour away from Abilene. We currently have 5 chickens ,Well I guess 4 if you include the rooster. We are looking to add 3 babies (exotic) YAYYY! very soon. We have a few breeds in mind,we are trying to narrow our choices down. We just got our first Silkie a few days ago(my avatar pic),She is sooo pretty and sweet. All of our chickens are different breeds,maybe dorky we just love the variations. Anyway just wanted to say hi. I will post the few we are looking at adding, I would love some feedback from you Pros to see the pros and cons of each breed.Thanks Lisa

 

[cabinchicky]

Hello and welcome! If you havent yet, go to the breed pages on those you like, i research from threads i find. I have the start of a large mixed flock, I love variety! I started a year ago with easter eggers,barred rock, black giants and buff Orpingtons. the buffs were adopted in sept by family and I had 12. now I am brooding easter eggers, EE bantys,light Brahma, speckled Sussex,gold lace wyandotte and blue Cochin. I hope to add blue Jersey giants and a few Guinea this year as well. hope you the best of luck with your chickens!

 

[gander007]

Alright Lisa,

great to have you joining the BYC flock

BYC has a very useful learning center

Sounds like a interrogated flock you have

 

[petrel]

No pro feedback, but Welcome to BYC!

 

[theoldchick]

 

[Balloonjuice]

No feedback here, but

to a fellow Texan.

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Some really nice breeds out there to choose from. Take a look at these two charts on the different breeds. Maybe these will help you narrow it down...

http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/chickenbreedcomparison.pdf

I am really partial to the Orpington breeds. They are not only great layers, but very docile and friendly too. Good luck on your search for more birds and welcome to our flock!

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! TwoCrows gave you some great links to help you sort through breeds, when you have narrowed them down, check out the BYC Breeds section, there are numerous member reviews of a lot of breeds. https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/category/chicken-breeds

 

[Scorpiochick]

Wow!!! What a nice welcome,Thanks so much. I can already tell I could spend hours on here lol.

 

[drumstick diva]

Exotic, as in polish or Showgirls (a variety of silkie) or frizzles - put them in the search box and stand back. If you've never seen them before you will be surprised.