Hi guys, I'm brand new so let me know if there is already a thread for this situation.
Today I received my first ever shipment of day old chicks. 2 were DOA. I had picked these chicks and this hatchery using the following criteria:
I can't have and don't want a rooster, so they were vent sexed (I know it's not 100%, but I can figure something out for 1, but not 2+).
I wanted chickens that would be friendly/docile with me and each other.
It's ridiculously hot and humid here a good part of the year and doesn't get very cold, so heat hardiness is important but cold hardiness isn't.
I wanted pretty good egg layers, and some green/blue eggs.
I ordered 1 Swedish Flower Hen, 1 Faverolles/Ameraucana mix, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Barred Rock. The plan was to eventually pick 2 of the following: Barnevelder, Buckeye, Cream Legbar, Australorp, Speckled Sussex
If I could go back I would've chosen from the latter breeds in the first place maybe. I want a Faverolles but worry about the heat. I still have 2 chicks, I know I lost my Swedish Flower and 1 other, not sure which.
What do you recommend from these breeds? Mixing well with other chickens and heat hardiness is most important, but I would like them to be friendly with me as well. I want 4 different ones, and these are my local (within 4 hours) options.
Andalusian
Cochin
Crevecoeur
Mottled Houdan
Marans
Olive Egger
Russian Orloff
Orpington
Rhode Island Red
Silkie/Frizzle
Speckled Sussex
Svarthönas
Welsummer
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
Barnevelder
Pavlovskaya
Gold Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Brahma
Today I received my first ever shipment of day old chicks. 2 were DOA. I had picked these chicks and this hatchery using the following criteria:
I can't have and don't want a rooster, so they were vent sexed (I know it's not 100%, but I can figure something out for 1, but not 2+).
I wanted chickens that would be friendly/docile with me and each other.
It's ridiculously hot and humid here a good part of the year and doesn't get very cold, so heat hardiness is important but cold hardiness isn't.
I wanted pretty good egg layers, and some green/blue eggs.
I ordered 1 Swedish Flower Hen, 1 Faverolles/Ameraucana mix, 1 Easter Egger, 1 Barred Rock. The plan was to eventually pick 2 of the following: Barnevelder, Buckeye, Cream Legbar, Australorp, Speckled Sussex
If I could go back I would've chosen from the latter breeds in the first place maybe. I want a Faverolles but worry about the heat. I still have 2 chicks, I know I lost my Swedish Flower and 1 other, not sure which.
What do you recommend from these breeds? Mixing well with other chickens and heat hardiness is most important, but I would like them to be friendly with me as well. I want 4 different ones, and these are my local (within 4 hours) options.
Andalusian
Cochin
Crevecoeur
Mottled Houdan
Marans
Olive Egger
Russian Orloff
Orpington
Rhode Island Red
Silkie/Frizzle
Speckled Sussex
Svarthönas
Welsummer
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
Barnevelder
Pavlovskaya
Gold Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Brahma