help me plan for spring!

[chickensducks&agoose]

I just discovered that we've lost our Spitzhauben (very, very sad), and am now planning for next spring. I want to get 6 hens, one spitzhauben, one of those brabanters, and 4 that lay well. we've already got a good assortment of birds, from cochins to EEs to brahma and fayoumis... what do you think we should get?

 

[canada-goose]

Where are you planning on ordering from?

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

I don't know, probably Ideal. I couldn't find spitzhaubens at McMurrays.

 

[UGAchick]

Maybe something Frizzle?? I love seeing that variety in a backyard flock

 

[Judy]

This is what I used to choose:

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

 

[canada-goose]

Get some Chanteclers, Faverolles, and Barnevelders. They're beautiful, and I'm pretty sure they all tend to be nice and calm.

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

Im thinking about a spitzhauben, a jaerhorn, a delaware and a sussex... and 2 more. I've got 2 chanteclers and they're good birds. I also have a faverolle, which is the stupidest, weirdest chicken I've ever seen... it's really likely that it's just this particular bird, she had a rough start... but I'd have to see/hear a bunch of good things about faverolles before I'd consider getting another! And Barnvelders, those sound great! I live where it often gets below -10 degrees in winter, so winterhardy is really important. frostbite is rare, but I have had it happen to a roo once. I love planning for spring... although I do have 4 chicks under a lamp in the coop right now...

 

[Cowgirl71]

chickensducks&agoose :

I live where it often gets below -10 degrees in winter, so winterhardy is really important.

GLWs are beautiful and winter-hardy!!!​