What breed to get???

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

I own 3 and they are awesome. They are not a purebred, but have a sweet personality.

They do.! Only problem I’ve had with them: when they get broody, they are a pain to break. They hardly ever go into pecking mode though, thankfully !

 

[JacinLarkwell]

They do.! Only problem I’ve had with them: when they get broody, they are a pain to break. They hardly ever go into pecking mode though, thankfully !

Your sapphire gems go broody regularly?

 

[NinjaGamer2022]

So shocked about the Orpingtons…my Buff is lovely! And she lays a very large egg, bigger first egg too than all the rest except my Blue Marans whose first egg was normal size.

The one Orpington I kept is a love. One of my favorites! She loves me and seems to be kind to the flock.
The others did lay amazing, good sized eggs and often. They were good to me as well, but terrifying murderers to my flock.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Your sapphire gems go broody regularly?

No. If they did, I would have chicken dinner more often.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

No. If they did, I would have chicken dinner more often.

That's the breed they were talking about that you quoted

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

That's the breed they were talking about that you quoted

I know . I think you had a slight misunderstanding of my exact words.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I know . I think you had a slight misunderstanding of my exact words.

You said when they go broody, they are a pain to break.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

You said when they go broody, they are a pain to break.

When they do go broody, which is not often.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

I had the same experience with Orpingtons. Had 9, and now only 1 because the other 7 (1 got killed, presumably by the orpingtons) became crazy, bloodthirsty birds that would strike whenever they felt like it. Lost many including a family favorite from them.

Yup had an agressive lav orp roo aswell

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

Yes. I never knew it until I got one. Mine had such a bad crop problem that I dealt with it the whole time I had her. (There was a few breaks with the crop problems after she went through some special treatment. If I didn't do the treatment right, she'd get worse.) So because I had a crop problem hen, I ended up looking at other threads with hens with crop problems. That's when I learned that it's common for the Sussex to have crop problems. A good lot of the threads I was looking at the time of hens with a similar crop issues as mine had were Sussexes.

(Now I do know there's a difference in a lot of breeds which includes Sussexes if you buy them from hatchery or a breeder. Mine came from a hatchery, though I don't know where those other cases were from. It could be a hatchery defect, but I looked into it deep enough to know.)

my speckled Sussex was the sweetest gal but also died of crop problems quite young