Pullet or cockerel - Hmong chick!

[BrandonLis]

I can’t remember, but where did you get your Hmong chickens from?

 

[SuperFluffyChickens]

I can’t remember, but where did you get your Hmong chickens from?

I got them from Sugar Feather Farm in Vermont, they raise a lot of rare breeds there and have been super nice and helpful. I’ve gotten a nice variety of healthy and beautiful birds.

 

[BrandonLis]

I got them from Sugar Feather Farm in Vermont, they raise a lot of rare breeds there and have been super nice and helpful. I’ve gotten a nice variety of healthy and beautiful birds.

Oh nice, I just hatched a recent batch from them. Incredibly skittish chicks and LARGER than my other Hmong chickens. Will have to be careful to select best birds for my project. Half of mine are pea combs, which I’m not an entire fan of.

 

[SuperFluffyChickens]

Oh wow, small world! Yeah, about half of my chicks that have hatched from them (8 total, 5 last year and 3 this year) were always skittish, but the rest are sweet and friendly in a mild-mannered way. I think Nicole of SFF breeds for health, temperament and retaining the native variety of her landrace breeds. So all the birds are different in terms of personality and appearance, which I personally like but that’s just my own taste. My hen Blackbird is one of my favorite birds I’ve ever owned, she’s so stunningly beautiful, mellow and sweet. And my girl Nkauj Hnub, who I gave a Hmong name that means Lady Sun, is friendly, lovely, and a monster when she’s broody!
I personally much prefer the pea combs since I live in a climate with very cold winters (as does Sugar Feather, I’m not super close but I can drive there to pick up my hatching eggs, and she helped me vaccinate my chicks for Marek’s after they’d hatched.)

Blackbird, I just took this today

Hnub! She’s a hefty girl!

 

[BrandonLis]

Oh wow, small world! Yeah, about half of my chicks that have hatched from them (8 total, 5 last year and 3 this year) were always skittish, but the rest are sweet and friendly in a mild-mannered way. I think Nicole of SFF breeds for health, temperament and retaining the native variety of her landrace breeds. So all the birds are different in terms of personality and appearance, which I personally like but that’s just my own taste. My hen Blackbird is one of my favorite birds I’ve ever owned, she’s so stunningly beautiful, mellow and sweet. And my girl Nkauj Hnub, who I gave a Hmong name that means Lady Sun, is friendly, lovely, and a monster when she’s broody!
I personally much prefer the pea combs since I live in a climate with very cold winters (as does Sugar Feather, I’m not super close but I can drive there to pick up my hatching eggs, and she helped me vaccinate my chicks for Marek’s after they’d hatched.)
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Blackbird, I just took this today

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Hnub! She’s a hefty girl!

Wow, what a perfect name to give her! I appreciate you for being very culturally inclusive of the Hmong chicken breed as well. Those are some big girls too!

 

[BrandonLis]

Alright.. I guess it’s gonna be my turn as well. These are 8 chicks I hatched from Sugar Feather Farms as well—so, same stock like yours. I’m quite surprised how big these ones are compared to my other Hmong chickens, but also how extremely flighty and skittish they are as well. 4 supposedly pure blacks or bronze, 2 birchens, 1 pumpkin, and 1 silver. Keeping the silver and pumpkin regardless of their sex. But for sure, got a couple “cockerels” that we’ll have to wait a couple more weeks. I was playing with two of them wiggling my finger in the brooder to “test” if they’ll play with it. But we shall see haha.

 

[Bigdumogre]

Oh wow, small world! Yeah, about half of my chicks that have hatched from them (8 total, 5 last year and 3 this year) were always skittish, but the rest are sweet and friendly in a mild-mannered way. I think Nicole of SFF breeds for health, temperament and retaining the native variety of her landrace breeds. So all the birds are different in terms of personality and appearance, which I personally like but that’s just my own taste. My hen Blackbird is one of my favorite birds I’ve ever owned, she’s so stunningly beautiful, mellow and sweet. And my girl Nkauj Hnub, who I gave a Hmong name that means Lady Sun, is friendly, lovely, and a monster when she’s broody!
I personally much prefer the pea combs since I live in a climate with very cold winters (as does Sugar Feather, I’m not super close but I can drive there to pick up my hatching eggs, and she helped me vaccinate my chicks for Marek’s after they’d hatched.)
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Blackbird, I just took this today

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Hnub! She’s a hefty girl!

Blackbird is a model!!! beautiful coloration