Beah10
Songster
Im new to chickens but Ive raised ducks before. Ive done a lot of research on each chicken breed there is available and I will be ordering through a hatchery. Ive narrowed my list down some, but I still have too large of a list haha. I can only have up to 10 fowl, but I also want to have a few ducks, so that leaves me with 7 'slots' for my chickens. Id love everyones advice on which 7 breeds I should get and why! Ill list the breeds we are most interested in and why we like them.
We want birds that are friendly (ie tolerantes being held/cuddled), egg/meat production doesn't matter to us, They will have to be hens only since roos arent allowed, I mainly want them for bug control and fertilizer haha
So here is our incredibly long list
Red Shouldered Yokohama (We love the color and read they are very calm and sweet)
Jersey Giant (We love their size!)
Turken (We love that they look like little turkeys, we read they are very sweet)
Australorp (We just think they are cute looking like a black orpington)
Cochin (We love how big and fluffy they look, we were told they are very sweet)
Modern Game (I am obsessed with these guys for their long legs!)
White Laced Red Cornish (Again I am obsessed with these guys for their chunky bodies lol)
For all of these ones we read they were calm, sweet, and friendly to flock members
Orpington
Faverolle
Russian Orloff
Polish
Sultan
Appenzeller Spithauben
Houdan
Crevecoeur
Silkie
D'Uccles
We want birds that are friendly (ie tolerantes being held/cuddled), egg/meat production doesn't matter to us, They will have to be hens only since roos arent allowed, I mainly want them for bug control and fertilizer haha
So here is our incredibly long list

Red Shouldered Yokohama (We love the color and read they are very calm and sweet)
Jersey Giant (We love their size!)
Turken (We love that they look like little turkeys, we read they are very sweet)
Australorp (We just think they are cute looking like a black orpington)
Cochin (We love how big and fluffy they look, we were told they are very sweet)
Modern Game (I am obsessed with these guys for their long legs!)
White Laced Red Cornish (Again I am obsessed with these guys for their chunky bodies lol)
For all of these ones we read they were calm, sweet, and friendly to flock members
Orpington
Faverolle
Russian Orloff
Polish
Sultan
Appenzeller Spithauben
Houdan
Crevecoeur
Silkie
D'Uccles