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Hatch-a-Long Queen
I think barred rock are lawn candy! Ophelia sticks right out in the yard. She lays beautiful colored eggs they're like pinkish and she's very outgoing. She's not scared of dogs or anything.
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I initially was going to get a ton of chickens untill my first go around I realized we don’t eat that many eggs. If you could choose 3-5 different chicken breeds to have which ones would you choose. I would prefer some colored eggs so I know I want one Maran. And maybe some that lay blue or green. I’ve had Easter eggers that lay teal eggs but that was one mean chicken lol
I got a couple starlight green layers. So far they are nice and lay pretty green eggs.....almost every day. Mine are still pullets.
The prairie blue bell lay a pale blue egg. Mine are not as productive as the green layers.
If you want pet type birds buff Orpington are nice.
One of my 3 Wellsummers was broody for a month this year. Poor thing. There's always one to break the norm, right?Here are my choices, based on friendliness and egg color/size. And all of these hens have gorgeous feathering, to boot.
- Black Copper Marans - docile, friendly, deep brown eggs. Can be broody, so if you always need that dark chocolate egg in your basket, get two.
- Crested Cream Legbar - sweet, not overly friendly, some may be labeled as flighty (mine are just not lap sitters), gorgeous blue eggs, non-broody.
- Olive Egger - (not a breed, but a cross), sweet, docile, deep gorgeous moss green eggs, possibly broody.
- Buff Orpington - friendliest and sweetest of all the chickens, total lap sitter, beautiful pinkish/light tan egg, can be broody.
- Wellsummer - sweet, docile, friendly, nice dark brown egg, non-broody.
- Silver Gray Dorking - just had to throw in a sixth, only because it helps to have a white egg to accent the beautiful colored eggs. Wonderful, sweet, docile, friendly, lap sitter, non-broody.
Wellsummer - ... non-broody.