Official BYC Poll: Which of These Black Chicken Breeds Do You Have?

[akf93]

Black Prairie Bluebell Egger

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I have one of these as well! Happy to have some blue eggs!

 

[CrspyChkn]

I used to have 2 black Australorps, and 3 black Orpingtons. I almost got 5 black Jersey Giants but accidentally picked dark blue ones. Maybe when I get a rooster I will be lucky enough to get some blacks, but I love the blues.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

I have 1 Black australorp and a couple blackish EEs

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

I have 1 Black australorp and a couple blackish EEs

And I will be getting 3 bantam black frizzle cochins in the spring.

 

[knoturavggrl]

I dont know if these count but I have 2 BCM’s
They are awesome birds! Dont tell the others but they are my favorites of my little flock.

 

[Coops Dad]

I was disappointed by my ayam cemanis; their eggs were on the smaller side and a good week was 3-4 eggs per hen. Great looking birds, though, and the rooster was spectacular.

Silkies were a "never again" breed for me, too. Small eggs and the hens would go broody if the sun shined. Or it was cloudy. Or if it rained. Or if the grass grew. You get it. I got tired of rotating hens through our broody breaker. I gave them to a family with little girls who thought they were the Best. Chickens. Evvah.

Right now I'm on a Rhode Island Red kick. And I'm experimenting with American Bresse.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

Most of my Australorps are Blue, but I do hatch what seems to be more than the statistically appropriate amount of blacks, a couple of which I've kept. This young fellow looks promising.

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I had a couple Black Langshans, including my glorious Ludwig:

And several black crossbreeds of different types, including this delicate beauty:

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Ludwig is so stately looking.

 

[3KillerBs]

Ludwig is so stately looking.

He was a good-tempered as he was gorgeous.

I hated having to sell him, but decided to focus on my Blue Australorps. He ended up going to a man who wanted a gorgeous rooster for an ornamental lawn flock and I *think* I saw him while driving through the general area the buyer was from.

There aren't many Black Langshans around and I also saw a white hen who might have been the Light Brahma I sold along with him (his favorite girl).

 

[BurbCoop]

I have one of these as well! Happy to have some blue eggs!

Do you have a pic of your Prairie Bluebell? I’ve not come across too many straight black ones. Ours was sold in a bin with a bunch of Australorps, she was the only PBE in the bunch.

We have other Easter Eggers in our flock and really enjoy them. Our Aubery (short for Aubergine, lol) is VERY shy, however, she is quite observant and agile. The gears are always turning in that head of hers.

She’s not quite to laying age, but definitely looking forward to seeing the eggs/production in comparison with our other Eggers with Leghorn being in the mix.

 

[Callender Girl]

In addition to my black Midnight Majesty Maran hen, Eleanor, I have an Iowa Blue rooster -- very stately and partially white -- and two Iowa Blue hens. None of the three appear even remotely blue.