We just jumped breeds

[RenoHuskerDu]

We've been running a 20-strong eclectic, accidental admixture of Comets, Sagittas, Marans, Plymouth Rocks, Easter Eggers, a RIR, and gifted mutts. We just went to our friendly local chicken lady and bought us six new young birds, all the same breed, tah dah. 5 beautiful hens and a handsome rooster.

Presenting the New Hampshire flock renewal project (NHFRP) of 2020. They're bigger, they lay bigger eggs, and when egg production trails off after about 2.5 years, they have a lot of meat on them.

One of our existing roosters - the younger candidate - lost the election, shall we say. The CEO and her assistant are out in the dark coop now, placing him in a cage for personal attention in the morning. At dawn. With a last cigarette and a blindfold.

 

[sourland]

Very nice birds, and a great addition to your flock.

 

[BleuSaphir]

They are beautiful! They are worth to preserve the heritage breed. ❤

 

[2000096904]

Beautiful birds but I'm such a softy I can't even think of eating or even killing my chickens

 

[RenoHuskerDu]

They are beautiful! They are worth to preserve the heritage breed. ❤

We're getting eggs already! Big, solid, brown speckled from one hen and a small one from another. These are some BIG hens. We banded their legs today. They're twice as big as our Comets.

 

[RenoHuskerDu]

Beautiful birds but I'm such a softy I can't even think of eating or even killing my chickens

It is difficult. But if they get old and diseased they will suffer from that for a long time.
We use the humane cone kill method you can find discussed elsewhere.