Struggling to choose which breed!!!

[tinychicky]

is this a breeding flock? if not, get a few of each breed!

 

[dsqard]

Get one of each!

Actually I know how you feel. It is hard to pick just one breed or just a couple of breeds. I really like Ameraucanas but Orpingtons are sooo fluffy looking. I have a couple Wyandottes too. Delawares look so nice and oh I could go on. Since I am not breeding a particular breed, barnyard mix is where I am at.

 

[gryeyes]

Henderson's Handy Dandy Chicken Chart is extremely useful in trying to figure out which breeds SOUND good for you:
http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

If I liked the looks of a breed in some pictures, I would check out its attributes on the Henderson chart. I knew I didn't want birds considered "layers" as opposed to "dual purpose" breeds. I wasn't interested in those that laid white eggs. Nor did I think I wanted any bantam breeds.

Whoopsies, that last thing changed, because now I love banties. Not more than the big birds, because I am extremely fond of my big ol' gals.

So I have a highly varied flock of allllll sorts of chickens. I like it that way. It's colorful. So are the eggs they lay.