Henriettta
Songster
Can I just say that I had to chuckle at the "choose four or less" in a poll asking for a top favorite? 
You know you can't make us choose!
I chose the breeds who's eggs I like to see in my basket. You have to have a mixture of deep browns, blues, greens, cremes, and etc. I feel like a little kid every time I pick eggs, and can organize their beautiful contrasting colors for my 'consumers'.
My top favorite is Ameraucana, because of the chipmunk cheeks, and the fact that I find them fairly hardy for where I live, while also being "exciting" with their diversity, especially in the egg department.
Orpingtons have a special place in my heart, however. My first two hens were Golden Laced. I love them dearly, though they are old now. Not one man nor rooster would dare mistreat Ladybird and Henrietta. Not on my watch.
I recently hatched eggs and did some horse-trading with a neighbor to get some fancy breeds in my flock. Houdans being one of them. And I have to say- I'm almost equally as excited for my new lavender orpington to mature. They remind me of the old cartoons, when the hen would pull up their blouse and run, with their undergarments poofed out like in the old disney robin hood cartoon. Please someone get that reference
Okay I'm rambling now, haha.
In conclusion: the fluffy ones with the feathers
You know you can't make us choose!I chose the breeds who's eggs I like to see in my basket. You have to have a mixture of deep browns, blues, greens, cremes, and etc. I feel like a little kid every time I pick eggs, and can organize their beautiful contrasting colors for my 'consumers'.
My top favorite is Ameraucana, because of the chipmunk cheeks, and the fact that I find them fairly hardy for where I live, while also being "exciting" with their diversity, especially in the egg department.
Orpingtons have a special place in my heart, however. My first two hens were Golden Laced. I love them dearly, though they are old now. Not one man nor rooster would dare mistreat Ladybird and Henrietta. Not on my watch.
I recently hatched eggs and did some horse-trading with a neighbor to get some fancy breeds in my flock. Houdans being one of them. And I have to say- I'm almost equally as excited for my new lavender orpington to mature. They remind me of the old cartoons, when the hen would pull up their blouse and run, with their undergarments poofed out
like in the old disney robin hood cartoon. Please someone get that reference Okay I'm rambling now, haha.
In conclusion: the fluffy ones with the feathers
