Help With Breed Decision

How about brahmas or australorps?

 

I don't know if you've looked at buff orpingtons but I love the breed. My little orpington is the sweetest chicken in the flock she sits in my lap and loves to be pet. They're nice big birds they lay well and from what I've read make great mothers. They are dual purpose birds as well.

 

I would go for black austrolorps, one of my 2 hens of that breed has gone broody before and wouldnt give up. They can take most any weather and they are extremly sweet and tame. They are one of my favorite breeds.

 

Quote:I would also recommend Buff Orpingtons.

 

My three favorite dual purpose birds: Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps (they're sort of related, as they came from Orpingtons generations ago), and Light Brahmas. BAs are great layers. LBs are more heat tolerant than the BAs (black feathers being a real heat sink in the sun). All three breeds are mellow breeds. Oh, and there are buff and dark brahmas too, if you don't like the amount of white in the LB feathers.

I always recommend folks check out (and save) this link to Henderson's Handy Dandy Chicken Chart:
http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

 

Quote:X2 - Not sure if BO's are heritage breeds or not. But I LOVE my BO. Just the sweetest thing.

 

Plymouth Rocks are my very best foragers. They are pretty well camouflaged (I live in the mtns, in the woods and have never lost any to predators) and handle the extreme heat of Alabama very well, way better than my white Delawares. They are a true dual purpose heritage breed. Fabulous layers. The hatchery stock rarely broods, but the breeder stock will occasionally brood chicks.

My blue/black/splash Rocks are broody, for sure.

 

Quote:What a great site THANKS!

 

what i think would be good is a grey game rooster. they r peaceful and the will live off the land. they r a good choice to pick to have to free roam around the house.