Help me pick my next breed....

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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I've heard some mixed things about the Leghorn's temperament (flighty, aggressive roos)....but I'd just eat them if it became an issue. LOL

First you would have to catch them.... heehee

I have leghorns in Silver and in Red. I love them. I also love my Silver Pencilled Wyandottes. All are beautiful birds.

Yeah...we have dogs for that part, LOL

But really....I'm leaning towards rose comb leghorn (thinking of good layer, good ranging), buckeye (I've wanted to try these but I'm not a fan of their color) and wyandotte (so many colors and could I eat a friendly, gorgeous bird?)

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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My great-grandfather raised RIR (single combs)....so that would be kind of cool...I'm not a fan of any red birds but maybe that would make eating them easier! LOL At least easier than plucking a BLRW!

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

I think you are on the right track with Leghorns. The are the best in the food consumption/ eggs ratio. I plan on trying RC browns next year. I know the whiites I have had never missed a day of laying. I'm not sure how well the other colors compare. Most people tell me the whites are best.

Will your customers mind white eggs? You know how ignorant people can be about fresh eggs.

 

[ultasol]

A good RI red is a deep, almost black, red with very high sheen. Not at all the same color as buckeyes

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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I'm not sure...right now I don't give them a choice...I just put together a dozen by whoever is laying. Usually it's a mix of varying shades of brown, an occasional white or off-white from my Creves or Sumatras. I start selling eating about now and go until I see lots of breeding in the spring and then I have to cut them off until fall again because I'm selling the eggs as hatching eggs. I have lost a few customers during this time because they need fresh eggs year round and don't want to wait for 5 or so months to get them again.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

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Interesting...I do know that when I showed my grandmother (who is 90) photos of a modern-day RIR on Google, she said those don't look like any of her father's chickens he had in the 20s when she was growing up. She did say the roosters were mean but she also said that every Sunday after church, her dad would pick out an ornery roo and that would be Sunday dinner! Her dad also had a horse-drawn buggy that he'd fill with fresh eggs and drive from Burien to Seattle (I think?) and sell the eggs. They also sold milk, cream, butter and firewood. Hard to imagine a homestead in Burien today!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

I also found Rhode Island Whites in Rosecomb!

http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/rhodewhite.html

But then how I would chose between White Rosecomb Dorking and White Wyandotte....? LOL

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Decisions, decisions! LOL