What is Your DREAM Flock? (And What's Realistic?)

[Fisherlmiranda]

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Beautiful

 

[BethTank]

 

[BethTank]

above is legbars (blue), one dark maran, 2 black/white maran & 2 lavender orpingtons. I need a green egg laying americauna hen . .

 

[kansascitybond]

Dream flock:
My dream flock would be a Barred Plymouth, a Black Laced Wyandotte, a Silkie, and a Buff Orpington. All hens. I'd name them: Violet, Hyacinth, Rose, and Daisy-in that order. All after the show:"Keeping up Appearances" on PBS.

 

[Brookec86]

My dream flock would consist of one of probably every breed (of course!) but sadly, I cannot have what I want where I live.

I am totally egg obsessed and trying to achieve the most colorful egg basket (and colorful chickens) with the least amount of birds possible in my suburban backyard. Seasonal availability and hatchery minimums are somewhat a hinderance, so I'm dependent on what my local feed store happens to carry.

My current laying birds include Easter Egger, Buff Orp and Blue Wyandotte. I just got 2 little chicks Sunday... Black Dominant Copper and an Olive Egger. I wanted to get one more, a white or cream egg layer... the store's getting a new shipment tomorrow. Can't decide between White Leghorn, Sicilian Buttercup, Speckled Sussex or.... Columbian Wyandotte-just because I want a white chicken and they're so beautiful even though they lay brown eggs.

Oh, decisions decisions!! What should I do??? I just want them all!!!!!!!



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Lol I totally get it! One of every color sounds awesome!

 

[katiek77]

Our dream flock is my sons 4h birds. He currently has Black Copper Marans and light Brahmas. He will soon be getting buff laced polish and silkies. After that his dream flock will be complete. My husbands dream flock are death layers and who am I to kid I would love to have some also. I have a thing with birds that are black. So my dream flock would consist of a pair of every breed that are predominately black.

 

[lilmillefleur]

all varieties of:
d'Uccles
Silkies
Ameraucanas
Marans
Isbars
Barnevelders
Polish
Orpingtons
Seramas
OEGB
Hedemora
Swedish Flower
Icelandic
Leghorns
Brabanters
Cochins
Pavlovska--

What?
You want me to stop?
...
Okay

 

[Kathleen Baswell]

Yes absolutely!! I've been pretty lucky in that department so far

Same here.never a sick bird in 2 1/2 yrs

 

[Kathleen Baswell]

I want a Lavender Orpington, a Golden Laced Wyandotte, and a Hamburg.

I’ve wanted a Lavender Orpington for a while but where I live they’re hard to find

Wyandotte’s and Hamburgs are hard to find too but I think they’re so pretty

I love my lavender orp. She’s very pretty and sweet.

 

[15WildTurkey]

I’m brooding most of my dream flock now. A varied bunch. Now the dream would be complete if Lavender, my blue splash silkie turns out to be a sweet little gentleman. The others silkies and light Brahmas are broody mommas and they can set and raise my future ducks and Guineas and everyone gets along. And then I have a happy rag tag self sustaining entertainment/breakfast/dinner crew.