New breeds to consider

[gpeters3]

I acquired a beautiful black hen but not sure what she is. I will be building a brood pen and buying some from TSC as soon as they get them in.

Here are a pic of her and her eggs (green). Now i know where Dr Suess got his ideas

Ok, im an idiot, where is the add pictire button?

 

[sourland]

Black hen, green eggs - she is very likely an Easter Egger. TSC here in NJ sells them, but they are sold as 'Americana'.

 

[aart]

Black hen, green eggs - she is very likely an Easter Egger. TSC here in NJ sells them, but they are sold as 'Americana'.

Ditto Dat^^^^

add pic icon here:

 

[Folly's place]

A black hen with facial 'muff' and slate colored legs would be an Ameraucana. If she's got green legs, she's an Easter Egger hybrid. Mary

 

[aart]

A black hen with facial 'muff' and slate colored legs would be an Ameraucana. If she's got green legs, she's an Easter Egger hybrid. Mary

Laying green eggs was the clue to it being an EE.

 

[Folly's place]

So true! Mary

 

[gpeters3]

TSC calls Americaunas(?) Easter eggers. I just bought 2 of each of rhode island red, aaustrolorp, black sex link, what ever you call them above (3) and a couple of others i cant remember so i now have 9 (10?) different breeds and, if they all live, ill have to give some away or build more space. My hope is to have as diverse a flock as possible for color and interest for the kids and us. My hens are just beginning to lay (so much for red light in winter) and im the only one eating eggs so they are producing more then i can eat Cant wait til the little ones start laying, might have to go into business selling eggs

Anyway, i will have to build a run along the back of the barn this summer which means getting rid of a bunch of blocks and stone and making several trips to the dump with demolition etc.. Im so excited....(has to be done anyway) if i could figure out how to attach or embed a picture id show you my brood pen i just made :-(

 

[gpeters3]

TSC calls Americaunas(?) Easter eggers. I just bought 2 of each of rhode island red, aaustrolorp, black sex link, what ever you call them above (3) and a couple of others i cant remember so i now have 9 (10?) different breeds and, if they all live, ill have to give some away or build more space. My hope is to have as diverse a flock as possible for color and interest for the kids and us. My hens are just beginning to lay (so much for red light in winter) and im the only one eating eggs so they are producing more then i can eat Cant wait til the little ones start laying, might have to go into business selling eggs

Anyway, i will have to build a run along the back of the barn this summer which means getting rid of a bunch of blocks and stone and making several trips to the dump with demolition etc.. Im so excited....(has to be done anyway) if i could figure out how to attach or embed a picture id show you my brood pen i just made :-(

Ok, ill try again (only gotnone picture)

Boy! This is tedious. Onlynletse add one pic at a time :-(

 

[gpeters3]

Just remembered the other one, Leghorn so i have ausrtolorp, americauna, leghorn, black sex link, rhode island red, bared rock, isa red, whatever the black one is and a couple i dont know so maybe 10 different breeds now.