Putting together my order.... need help deciding!

[Rachel's Hobby Hatchery]

Hi all! Im in the process of putting together my chick order for this spring. I am ordering 3 or 4 Rouen ducks, and 10 chickens. I have narrowed it down to wyandottes deffanantly, but Im debating on Buff orpingtons or Barred Rocks. I think i will stick with the rocks, because every Orpington roo I have had was agressave

and I have only had one agressave Rock roo. I would love your oppinions or solutions.

 

[<3ChickenForever]

Are you planning on getting pullets or chicks ?

 

[Rachel's Hobby Hatchery]

straight run chicks

 

[<3ChickenForever]

Ok, well I have a Buff Orphington and she's one of my best egg-layers. And I'm getting more this year. I suggest The Buff Orphingtons. And Barred Rocks... hmm I never owned one so I don't know abou them.

 

[crash0330]

I have a Buff orpington hen and she's one of the friendliest of my flock and also one of the best layer, plus she lays a really light brown eggs. And Barred rocks in my experienece are not really friendly but they sure add a lot of color to any flock. Becareful when ordering straighjt run tho as I've heard from some people who got almost all roos.

 

[crash0330]

Oh and btw, great choice on ducks, Rouens are beautiful to look at, and as opposed to what a lot of articles about them say, they are extremelly good layers I get about 6 to 7 eggs a week from each. Plus they lay 2 different color of eggs, I have 2 one lays green and the other one lays white!!!

 

[Rachel's Hobby Hatchery]

I have had great experince with this hatchery, I orderd 5 Barred rocks last year and there was 1 roo LOL. I also orderd one runner and it was a girl... I have had those years where I only get 1 or two pulletts of a breed but they have all been from diffrent hatcherys (In fact, those years I chose the chicks at TSC)...
I dont know much about rouen ducks. I know they look like mallards but they are the size of a pekin. I had two when I first started out about six years ago but we had to give them away... they were both female

Im hoping for at least one female and one male so I can get chicks out of them.