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[b_26]

Hi and Welcome!
Im gonna add my 2 cents here and recommend Easter Eggers! These birds are wonderfully calm and sweet, and are very quirky! I have 5 at the moment, and they are all a joy! lots of different colors and variety in plumage and of course their beards and muffs make them wonderfully unique. oh yea and they lay eggs anywhere from a light blue to a nice green! Mine lay an egg almost everyday!
enjoy the your new flock!

Easter eggers? I guess I'm really a newbie! I didn't know that their was such a breed to lay different colored eggs. Are they docile and feel like they could be handled by children who would help me care for them? Are they noisy?

 

[Chicka_deee]

Thank you for the guidance! I do know I won't be allowed to have any roosters. I love the look of buff orpington! And have heard they are pretty easy going and docile (I have three children that love to pet and touch animals and trying to find a breed that would tolerate that). Do you find them to be too noisy?

Buff Orpington aren’t really that noisy, leghorns can be and not docile and will run all around the place Freaking out and screaming.... at least in my experience

 

[DobieLover]

Easter eggers? I guess I'm really a newbie! I didn't know that their was such a breed to lay different colored eggs. Are they docile and feel like they could be handled by children who would help me care for them? Are they noisy?

Just so you are aware, pretty much all chickens can be noisy. Most of my girls make more noise during the day than my rooster.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community! Best wishes and have lots of fun!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[fldiver97]

Welcome Nice to have you here! I have a mixed flock too.... Easter Eggers, Gold Laced Wyandottes, Salmon Faverolle, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock are some of the breeds I found to be easy and pretty good layers. Now you can have individuals that don’t quite match the breed description but in general they are nice birds

 

[drumstick diva]

Thank you for joining us at Backyard Chickens

 

[CarpCharacin]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you decided to join our wonderful community!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Set your goals, study the forums, ask questions, plan, prepare and you will be successful in establishing and maintaining your flock. Good luck