Help! i can't find that "Perfect breed"!

[hcammack]

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I agree but you should get faverolles they are super friendly and gentle.

 

[Chickenrandomness]

i'm going to double the wire, then get bantam sulltans

 

[speckledhen]

Double thickness or height? You need more than chickenwire, even doubled. Maybe welded wire fencing then wrap the base with chickenwire. Chickenwire is made to keep chickens corralled, but won't keep anything out.

 

[tnchickenut]

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I agree but you should get faverolles they are super friendly and gentle.

Yes, but don't Faverolles get flighty? I read that somewhere and it kept me from going with buying any.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

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could a pair of exoic breed fit into the hutch on page 2 with a run?

To get the tail length of 20 feet or so, they are raised in cages too small to turn around, & are groomed daily. They are slim bodied birds, & that hutch & a run would be fine. The record Yokahama tail is 34' 9". Mine freerange & they may get to 5' or 6' due to dragging them. The tails on 5 of my roos are about 3' now at 2 years old. That's still a pretty impressive tail they're dragging around.

I don't ever see them fly, but hardly any of them do in a large fenced barn lot.

 

[peachychick]

May we suggest Barnevelders with ankle-weights?

Seriously, Barnies are the sweetest chickens ever! They are friendly, pretty and we only hear from them when they sing their egg song after they lay. You could clip their wings, but 2.5 is still pretty low, almost anything could crawl over and get them.

 

[Chickenrandomness]

do bantam sumatras make good pets? because i was thinking about getting good starter breed pets, and so far bantam Sultans fit the bill, but if they make good pets, i'll think about it.

 

[speckledhen]

Really, one person's perfect breed is wrong for another. Do you want them to go broody? Not ever go broody? Want great egg production or average? Feathered legs or not? Big combs or small combs for cold locations to avoid frostbite? So many factors! To me, Plymouth Rocks are the perfect breed, but others may want Orps so they may occasionally brood chicks. Just whatever is right for YOU and what you think you'd like to look at every day.

 

[rancher hicks]

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Quite frankly after having chickens for a year, Any flock of chickens should be considered landscape improvement. There is nothing more peaceful than watching chickens in the yard. OP first make sure your set up is safe and secure, or at least as good as you can afford. Proper planning will save you alot of grief. When your done and you've got your chickens "any breed" your gonna say wow this is nice. I love to sit in my yard drink lemonade and try to read my practical poultry magazine. I say try cuz I always end up watching the chickens. lol.
My point being whatever you get your gonna love looking at it everyday.

 

[Chickenrandomness]

could i have EEs at 4-H?