Poll - What is your favorite chicken breed?

[LadiesAndJane]

I could only put a certain amount of answers in the poll!
If your favorite breed isn't there, state it in the thread!

This question is impossible to answer!

 

[SpotTheCat]

Australian pekins are bantam, Its weird how most countries are different

I wish they weren’t different it’s very confusing sometimes.
Can I still join in with the poll if I don’t have any chickens yet?

 

[ronkonkoma]

Silkies polish and Houdans

 

[Secondof9]

cute,also did you mean barnevelder not bielefelders? i love chickens i think it annoys my sister cos i talk all most 24/7 (not really i just do it lots)about chickens

Nope - Bielefelders. A farm store near where my friend lives had some last summer and because they were already 3 weeks old they were half price! I'd been wanting some, so what was I to do??? I used to have a Barnevelder but she is no longer with me.

 

[Secondof9]

wow they are pretty i just googled them and they remind me of bard Plymouth rocks

I also think they're really pretty. They are big too - bigger than my "normal" chickens. And boy can they eat! I let them free range every day so I'm sure that helps. They started laying in early December, which surprised me. I thought I'd have to wait until spring. They lay about 5 eggs a week. Decent.

 

[JessesChickens101]

I chose silkie though I also like pekin, polish and Rhode Island Red.

Silkies are so funny, i had to put my silkie to bed because she didn't know how to get onto the roost! they were my second pick after the light sussex

 

[Sally PB]

Australorps are the sweetest birds

It isn't fair of me to agree with that, as that's all I have, and one BO cockerel. Mine aren't lap chickens, but one of them does approach me and "talk" to me.

 

[Sadness Child]

Wow that breed sounds pretty cool, I've never heard of them, lemme go search it up!

It appears that a lot of people have not heard of the Buckeye. The main reason for this is because during WWI or WWII people thought that some other breeds were better for their uses. In 2003 (I think) There was close to 100 breeding chickens. Then they had a resurgence, but they were not as good as before, so (I forgot the organization) but they started to "return" the Buckeye to its former glory. People today consider the Buckeye a rare chicken breed.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Okay Thankyou, I've never had them so i probably shouldnt have put them together, But Thanks, Hmm i dont think i can edit the poll choices!

Sad that you can’t change the poll , can you still add breeds?
another thing is pekins and cochins are apparently different I cant see how so I would lump them together, I think it might leg length or something.

 

[JessesChickens101]

I wish they weren’t different it’s very confusing sometimes.
Can I still join in with the poll if I don’t have any chickens yet?

Yes!