What chicken breed should i get started in

[Orpingtons4U]

Yeah at TSC they are 1.99 each whitch is good price

 

[chloezoebob101]

totally! so wait, why can you only get three?

 

[Orpingtons4U]

we have to many right now and we are hatching

 

[chloezoebob101]

oh, ok!

 

[Orpingtons4U]

Yeah

 

[java girl 2]

Bantam Cochins are the best ones I have!!!!!!!!! I love my splash cochins, they are always begging to go for a ride or for me to pick them up

and they don't go very far from the barn, maybe 5 feet from the barn but that's it. unless I take them with me

 

[Orpingtons4U]

I may but it so far to get them i won't be able to get them till may

 

[Zinnia-Hen]

If you want a bunch of eggs, I'd say go with the Australorp. My Aussie hen, Zinnia, outlays the rest of the other laying hens and is very, very pretty, especially for a hatchery bird. I'd say she's even with the poultry standards, so I could show her if I wanted to. She's a very sweet hen, although she likes to be the leader and is quite protective of her coop-mates around chickens who aren't in her little "clique".

Here she is:



Although, if you don't want a hen that lays very much, go with a Cochin. They're very cute and known for their friendliness.

 

[HollyBird24]

I would say Australorp too, if anything, I would not pick the cochin bantam. They are very prone to leg mites and mine were all horrible mothers, they killed their chicks.

 

[Orpingtons4U]

Okay i can pick up the Aussies in a few weeks