the sultan thread

[annabell254]

Just wanted to say HI

I dont have any sultan's but I am a huge admirer and hope to get some next year

this may be a silly question...but do they only come in white? and I saw on the thread somewhere about black but are there any more hobby colors out there? I think that is what new colors are called

please excuse me, I'm a newbie to this breed....

 

[Tikkijane]

Just wanted to say HI

I dont have any sultan's but I am a huge admirer and hope to get some next year

this may be a silly question...but do they only come in white? and I saw on the thread somewhere about black but are there any more hobby colors out there? I think that is what new colors are called

please excuse me, I'm a newbie to this breed....

I have heard there are black ones out there somewhere, but I'm not sure if they are in the US. The only ones I have seen here are white. Fwiw.

 

[Tikkijane]

i hear ya are u allowed to keep roosters or just have to many cause im in the same boat to

Supposedly, we're not 'supposed' to have any chickens at all, but the way zoning read, it was a no on "barnyard animals." Considering chickens are actually birds

and are my pets, well, we've got 'em.

The thing I have to take care with is the noise ordinance. This morning we had a nice duet going on for a few minutes. Blossom crows quite nicely now, but Snowball hasn't crowed for a few weeks, so he's still at the rusty-barn-door stage. We also have a silkie cockerel in the mix, too, but so far he's being quiet. I really don't want a full symphony, but we LOVE them and can't bear to part with them! I'm seriously hoping to move before it becomes critical. LOL.

 

[Tikkijane]

This thread needs some revival so I'm gonna post pictures of Kathy Troxells Sultans to get you guys drooling over them as much as I am! I wish I could get Kathy Troxell's number or e-mail She has gorgeous black and white bantam Sultans!

I wold KILL FOR THESE!!!!!

 

[Tikkijane]

My two boys. Gollee, do we

them! And they take such good care of the girls more or less. Blossom in particular will crow and crow when we take someone out of the brooder after they've come in for the night.

 

[Tikkijane]

Just wanted to say HI

I dont have any sultan's but I am a huge admirer and hope to get some next year

this may be a silly question...but do they only come in white? and I saw on the thread somewhere about black but are there any more hobby colors out there? I think that is what new colors are called

please excuse me, I'm a newbie to this breed....

"Sultans are fancy ornamental chickens and one of the more unique breeds of poultry. They originated from southeast Europe and became known in Turkey as Seral-Taook ("fowl of the sultan"). Sultans were, most likely because of their appearance, the preferred breed of Turkish rulers. Sultans were imported to England from Istanbul in 1854. The bantam form was bred in the U.S. from Standard sized Sultans. The American Poultry Association recognizes white Sultans in the Miscellaneous class. Currently there are no other known colors or patterns." (my emphasis)

http://www.polishbreedersclub.com/sultan.htm

 

[annabell254]

Well, they are beautiful!!!

....Are they gentle...what about the roo's...are their any lines that lay more egg's....or is 1 a week about it (I think I read that somewhere)??? I want one or two regardless!!!

 

[fancychickenlover]

My standard sultan hen lays one medium egg a day for me! And they have great dispositions awesome especially for kids! Extremely tame and wonderful birds, I highly recomend them for fist time chicken owners!!!

 

[Lidea teapot]

Just wanted to say hi and post a few pic of my sultan baby's one week old today

just out the incubator

snuggling with my daughter

snoozing on my shoulder

day two

today one week old
There are five of them.

 

[annabell254]

My standard sultan hen lays one medium egg a day for me! And they have great dispositions awesome especially for kids! Extremely tame and wonderful birds, I highly recomend them for fist time chicken owners!!!

WOW!!!

Where did you get yours from??? do you sell hatching eggs??? Is it pitiful that this has made my day

I knew someone had to have some that laided ok..but one a day that is awesome!