What breed should I choose?

[ORChick]

Good advice about the quarantining, but actually I am just gathering information at the moment, and am not planning on getting the new birds till next Spring. I figure that I may as well enjoy some brand new chicks again, since I need to keep them separate in any case, and I won't have time for that until next year. I seem to be missing the rooster more than the girls are, so waiting will be hardest on me

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Uppity Peon - South of you, in the Umpqua valley

 

[ChooksChick]

I have a bantam Cochin, and he's friendly, gentle, and yet does his job- watches out for the girls and finds them treats. He's also got a quieter crow...can only hear him 2 blocks away, not 6...

I also have an EE roo who is a dear, dear doll, but he had very special handling all the time, due to a beak issue which sometimes requires hand-feeding. Gotta say he's nicer than all of my lap-dog hens, even!

 

[CMV]

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I agree. I love my black giant hens. They are so docile and easy to handle. I've already decided the next batch of chickens I get are going to be more of these. Lovely birds.

 

[Mahonri]

I love the good looks of my Golden Cuckoo Maran roo, he really is something and he's only 19 weeks old.

 

[swampducks]

I have a barred rock roo and a buckeye roo. The BR is a bit skittish but has a regal stance and the girls like him a lot. The buckeye is much friendlier to me (maybe it has to do with nursing him back to health after a dog attack?) and is simply gorgeous.

 

[stuckinthecity]

some EEs are more like game then anything else.
And I agree, they are very handsome! OMG, the fox story made me think of my old rooster!!! He was a EE, and he defended his ladies...to the death... against a hawk. A BIG HAWK. Bigger then him for sure, and he was easily an 8-10 pound rooster. Unfortunatley, Ginger, my absolute most favorite little hen was killed. My flock at that time was: Big Boy, the EE roo, Birch, a birchen looking EE/ hen (HUGE!) 2 game hens, Ginger(idk what she was maybe a game/banty cross, almost like a phoinex) and 3 babies. What was so cool, is that his son ended up looking just like him so he carried on the tradition.

 

[ORChick]

Thanks everybody. I'll need to do some research into all the breeds suggested. Of course, I should never have come here asking - I now want all of them!