I went over and looked at your chicks earlier on your post. As I commented there, I loved the creative reasoning that you used to name one of the chicks, Lynda Carter, after the Wonder Woman actress. My granddaughter (pictured in my avatar) would love that as well as she's a big Wonder Woman fan. She's never named one of our hens Lynda Carter, but she has named one of them Diana (Wonder Woman's real name). )
Princess Diana of Themyscira was a contender for her name (again, for Wonder Woman), but when I jokingly suggested Lynda Carter it stuck, LOL!
Your granddaughter has great taste in chicken names!
Princess Diana of Themyscira was a contender for her name (again, for Wonder Woman), but when I jokingly suggested Lynda Carter it stuck, LOL!
Your granddaughter has great taste in chicken names!
Thanks. My granddaughter has named most of our hens after Disney princesses, but she has named some of them after comic book superheroines (their real names, not their superhero names). In addition to Diana, we've also had Shayera, Zatanna, Barda, Kara, Natasha, and Wanda in our flock.
I think I probably love nearly all the chicken breeds out there!!! However, some I find prettier, friendlier and more hardy than others. Plymouth Rock: Brown eggs, good size, docile and calm, great foragers, come in a variety of colors, curious, do well in a variety of climates. My Rocks include Dominator (my top room barred), Liberty (his hen, one of my first chickens), Vanda (Silver Penciled), and Shirley (Partridge Rock) Australorp: Don't own them yet, but I hear they are one of the friendliest, best laying, most beautiful birds out there. I really want to get some. They lay brown eggs. Buff Brahma: They use to be my favorite breed, and I still love the color, but I found they were not as friendly (so far, only 3 weeks in) compared to some of the other breeds. I own two, Bubs and Galadriel. Red/Black Star: Friendly, great layers, beautiful, I really want a Black Star. My Red Stars have proven not that hardy, but are wonderful pets and layers. Maroon is certainly one of my favorite hens, very curious and healthy. However, I lost one to egg binding and three to a disease that took them and none of the other breeds. I find they are more prone to health problems then other breeds. Buff Orpington: I hear a lot of great things about them, but I've only really worked with two (raised a few more for meat). Ellesar was my second-in-command rooster and was shy because I hadn't tamed him, but not mean. He was very handsome. Wynona is my 3 week old BO, and she is proving very calm and friendly. Easter Egger: Beautiful, varied, love the eggs, great foragers, love the beards, and did I mention I loved the eggs? I only have one, Eagle, and she isn't that tame, but she comes right up to me for treats. Speckled Sussex: I finally got one, and she is so friendly. She is only 3 weeks old, but is already pretty and loves to perch near me and greets me when I come to her. She will jump onto my hand to sleep and sit on my lap. Her name is Captain. Bubs is in the middle, hoping for a treat (Buff Brahma) On the right is Wynona, my Buff Orpington, with her "sister" Scarlet (a wyandotte) Ellesar, the Orpington rooster Captain, the Speckled Sussex (hasn't quite got her speckles in yet) Dominator and Liberty, both pure barred rocks. The other barred hens are all his daughters. Queen, a red star that suffered an illness that nearly took her life but has since made a full recovery (she was growing back in her feathers here)
Golden Campines are very pretty. They lay a pretty good number of medium sized, white eggs. I hear they are friendly birds if handled at a young age, though can be noisy.
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