What's the rarest breed or variety you have?

[SilverBirds]

There are Bantam Malays. They seem to be harder to find then the Giants though.

I'll find a day to measure the boys. Would you like the females height too?

Yes please! Or just a picture of them with another standard another standard fowl to compare.

 

[3KillerBs]

Depending on your flock needs, you may find they are worth the wait. I love my Java, Mary Shelly. She was a bit skittish as a baby, but at 3 years she is big and mellow. Not cuddly, but will take food from my hand, and hang out for a little chat. She gets more white with every molt.

Valuing early maturity is one of the reasons I don't have a flock of nothing but Brahmas.

I wanted to try some Javas, but I'm not likely to get more. Mocha might earn a long-term place if she is a good broody.

 

[SilverBirds]

Here is my Buckeye. Not sure how rare they are now but they used to be a few years ago.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yes please! Or just a picture of them with another standard another standard fowl to compare.

Okay.

 

[OzarkChooks]

Hmm. My rarest chickens are probably my Russian Orloffs I recently got from GFF. I had never heard of them before.

 

[SilverBirds]

Hmm. My rarest chickens are probably my Russian Orloffs I recently got from GFF. I had never heard of them before.

I've never heard of those either! Looked up a picture and they have very poofy faces.

 

[Cattle dog Mom]

May as well add another impossible to find breed to my want list at this point!

HAHAHA. Sounds like me! LOL

 

[OzarkChooks]

I've never heard of those either! Looked up a picture and they have very poofy faces.

I am a sucker for poofy faces

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh, totally forgot about my araucanas too

 

[froggyphore]

i don't have any super rare birds, my splash silkie is my rarest adult. i have some splash ameraucana and mille fleur d'uccle chicks. i'm hoping to build out my coop and some minicoops so i can get rarer breeds in the next few years.

i think as chicken enthusiasts our idea of "rare" is skewed, we're thinking of crevecoeurs and spitzahaubens where as the average person would probably be surprised by a polish. (in america at least) lol