I bought some old english bantam hens, I loveeeeeee them awesome birds the best personality ever. I would say then my silkies. My wyandottes.....not so much, lol!Hi! I'm a lurker from the Washingtonians thread. So out of all the various poultry you've had, which ones are your favorites and which are the hardest to deal with?
I used to brood in an aquarium for reptiles, and I always used an old window screen, weighted with big books
Of course, everyone will have their own favorites but my all time favorite chickens are Delawares. Calm, friendly, good foragers, keep laying when moved from a free-range situation to breeder pens and don't try to escape at first everytime you open the door, lay 6-7 x-tra large eggs/week, young roo culls are a nice butchering size at 12 - 16 weeks and they are beautiful to look at! Honestly, can't praise them enough! I haven't had any breeds (raised about 10 over the years) that have been hard to deal with but I think it all depends on your situation. The birds I breed are Delawares (dual purpose, personality, eggs, good free-rangers), Leghorns (eggs, feed economy, great free-rangers), Marans (long-term project and lovely chocolate eggs) and Welsummers (dual purpose, lovely dark/speckled eggs, good free-rangers, super calm). I have several other breeds in my egglaying flock and think they are all neat for different reasons!Hi! I'm a lurker from the Washingtonians thread. So out of all the various poultry you've had, which ones are your favorites and which are the hardest to deal with?
There is a place out near Willamina/Grand Rhonde that processes all poultry and rabbits. Something like Mineral Springs??? I can hunt up the number if needed.
Wow, am I out to lunch........ you asked about the various types of poultry, not chicken breeds!!! Only raised quail and chickens and much prefer chickensHi! I'm a lurker from the Washingtonians thread. So out of all the various poultry you've had, which ones are your favorites and which are the hardest to deal with?
DH is having knee replacement surgery soon, first one Sept. 19th, pre-op tomorrow, too much on my mind, so sorry!!!
Didn't catch that.Wow, am I out to lunch........ you asked about the various types of poultry, not chicken breeds!!! Only raised quail and chickens and much prefer chickens
Wow, am I out to lunch........ you asked about the various types of poultry, not chicken breeds!!! Only raised quail and chickens and much prefer chickens
Haha, no worries!!! Yes, I was referring to the non-chicken poultry but it's nice to hear input on chicken breeds! I have several different breeds and just recently aquired Silkies (SO EXCITED). I find myself thinking open-mindedly about other types of poultry since I have found chickens so intriguing!
