What breeds of hens do you have in your flock?

[tinychicky]

one house chicken, a black mottled d'uccle hen named tiny (see avatar)

layer/free range flock:
hatchery dark brown leghorn
hatchery barred rock
pure wheaten ameraucana roo
black silkie mix bantam
white cochin mix roo

old bantams:
old english (silver duckwing and bb. red)
black rosecomb
serama
blue modern game
lavender dutch roo
cochin roo
cochin mix roo
white silkie mixes
cochin mixes

young bantams:
silkies (white and partridge) pullets
serama mix cockerel
easter egger pullet
serama pullet

very soon i will have a serama pair from jerry schexnayder also!

 

[AnimalsComeFirst]

Orpingtons and a Barred rock

 

[theoldchick]

17 Jersey Giants:

 

[LilyD]

12 Gold Comets
2 Cochin mixes
7 Light Brahmas
2 Delaware
2 EE Comet mixes
1 Gold Comet Second generation

For 26 total hens
plus 8 roos lol

 

[aoxa]

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There is something majestic about that many of the same breed not mixed together with others

Very nice. Especially Stan

As for me, I have a mixture of hens:

3 Silkies
3 Cochins
2 Barred Plymouth Rocks
2 Polish
1 Delaware
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Silver Laced Wyandotte
1 Production Red
1 Mutt
1 Buff Orpington

None of these are from hatcheries. All from breeders.

I also have 2 roos
1 Barred Plymouth Rock
1 Silkie

 

[snipercp]

all bantams.
(3) lemon cuckoo pekins (what you call cochin bantams)
(3) white silkies
(4) barred wyandotte soon to be gone.
and hopefully soon
(3) silver laced wyandotte
(3) gold laced wyandotte

all standard sizes
(8) ex battery hens
and just thought id add
(2) aylesbury ducks

not many

well not enough for me

 

[theoldchick]

Quote:
There is something majestic about that many of the same breed not mixed together with others

Very nice. Especially Stan

As for me, I have a mixture of hens:

3 Silkies
3 Cochins
2 Barred Plymouth Rocks
2 Polish
1 Delaware
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Silver Laced Wyandotte
1 Production Red
1 Mutt
1 Buff Orpington

None of these are from hatcheries. All from breeders.

I also have 2 roos
1 Barred Plymouth Rock
1 Silkie

Thank you! Although, at times, I'm envious of those who have so many colors in their flock.

 

[aoxa]

Quote:
Are you going to hatch some chicks come spring?

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Bantam:

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte

Dun Laced Wyandotte

Golden Laced Wyandotte

Mille Fleur Cochin (pair for sale)

Mottled Houdan (for sale)

Salmon & Blue Salmon Faverolle

Spangled Russian Orloff

White Houdan (for sale)


Large Fowl:

Black Sumatra

Crevecoeur

Golden Laced Cochin

Light Sussex

Spangled Russian Orloff


Waterfowl

Giant African Dewlap Geese

Muscovy Ducks (Silver & Lavender)

White Sebastopol Geese

I'm hoping to add Buckeyes this spring and American Buff Geese....oh and some SLW bantams!

 

[Tiramisu]

1 Black Australorp
1 Golden Laced Wyandotte
3 Iowa Blues
5 Sicilian Buttercups
2 Silver Laced Cochins
1 Mille Fluer Cochin
1 Spangled Hamburg
2 Silkies (partridge) - maybe, I don't know what the gender of one is yet.
Some Buff Orps, not sure how many, maybe 5. About 5 Red Sexlinks, and 2-3 Barred Rocks. And a few Blue Andalusians
2 EE's
3 Lav. Orps, I still can't really tell what they are! I know 1 is a roo because I caught him crowing the other day.
1 Russian Orloff
I think that is all I have.

I've got too many.