Must-Have Breeds for a Beautiful Unique Flock?

[RiverOtter]

I've gotten the Rainbow Layers from Ideal and had a great mix. If you mention that you don't mind the light breeds, they'll throw some wild ones in there. I got a Golden Campine and some Blue Andalusians - one blue, 3 black, all very pretty.

 

[obicat]

Sablepoots/booted bantams are really cool!

And everyone needs a showgirl!

Oh and a frizzle Poland!

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

Ya'll did not disappoint!!

It was so hard picking....I had to make sure that what I wanted was ALL available at the same time, so every bird I chose I'd have to try to checkout to see if it would be able to ship together or not. Then I had to go back and find another one and do the whole thing again!

In the end, I didn't get everything I wanted but I did get A MILLION AMAZING CHICKIES!!!!

Okay, not a million...13. Twelve different breeds! I'm such a crazy chicken lady!!!!

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

Oh right.....this is what I got:

I am SO EXCITED! These are some of the coolest chickens I've ever seen!!!

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

Sablepoots/booted bantams are really cool!

And everyone needs a showgirl!

Oh and a frizzle Poland!

I've already got a Mille Fleur D'uccle and a White Silkie....so pretty close to those two...but I couldn't get my hands on any frizzle or sizzling gals.

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

Definitely get a couple of marans--black copper, blue birchen or blue copper--dark brown eggs look great in the egg carton and the ones I've had are very friendly.

Maybe also appenzeller spitzhauben, speckled sussex, swedish flower hens and isbars. I have a bielefelder--they're supposed to be an 'Uber chicken' because they lay large eggs and they're auto-sexing, but she's a big jerkhead. She's beautiful, but still... Just my experience.

I wanted a bunch of Marans but all they had available were Cuckoo so I got one of those and I also got a Welsummer (my original two wellsummer pullets were neither pullets nor Welsummer it seems) and a Barnevelder!

I just checked out the Bielefelder and they have such cool colouring!!! Especially the roosters...wow!

So many awesome chickens I'll have to get next time....haha How many chickens is too many?? 500 right?

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

@obicat I think we must be cut from the same cloth! You knew exactly the kind of wackadoodle chickies I love! Even your profile pic looks like a close-up of mine!

 

[BreezyBre]

I hate to say this and please don't tell the rest of my flock but the two prettiest ladies I really enjoy the beauty of are my blue red laced Wyandotte and my swedish flower hen . They are still growing but add some lovely color diversity and both are very sweet

 

[BreezyBre]

Oh and my french copper marans from greenfire Farms LOVE THEM too because the coloring of the black feathers in the sun just shimmers with copper and green lovely !

 

[BreezyBre]

My next purchase will be some Silkies and maybe bantam Cochins.

I love my silkie too ,color wise nothing really spectacular but she just loves to sit and cuddle with me