Whats your favorite rare breed chicken??

[momof247371]

i am just curious. Thought about picking a breed and becoming an active breeder.. I love birds with feathered feet and i am a sucker for the color blue... But please post your favorites and pics too if you have them... Also a little info on the breed would be good... thanks!

 

[Atlchick]

I have a bee-you-ti-ful blue Polish Crested. Not sure yet if it's a roo/pullet, but it's very friendly, and so sweet. I also have 3 black ones with white crests - LOVE the way their heads look!

 

[DTchickens]

Rare breeds? i'd have to say.Chinese gamefowl, Ayam cemani, anndd.... I guess that's it.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Satsumadori! Oh, and Ga Cua.

I have neither of those breeds, but they are sooooo...

 

[cybercat]

Most breeds of chickens are rare even though hatcheries breed them. The breed I chose is almost impossible to find a breeder for outside of a hatchery. You can read my blog on how I made my choise in the post called the search.

So blue with feathered feet would be Cochin right? Or are you thinking of another breed?

 

[jeremy]

Delawares. They're an American breed that's considered rare/endangered.

They great multi-purpose birds, heavy with excellent egg production. (5 per week.)

Plust they are some of the friendliest most affectionate birds I've owned. Super personable with unique attributes from one to the next.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Sultans. They're out there but there are few actual breeders. They are my second favorite breed.

The Sultan is a Turkish breed that was kept in the gardens of Turkish royality as 'moving flowers'. Only the wealthy and powerful were 'allowed' to own this breed and it was an honor to receive a pair as a gift.

Sultans, saldy, are a sickly breed and only do well in tight, dry coops and tolerable weather. But they are very docile and make excellent pets. They are most often seen in white but they are being worked on in black and blue at the moment. They come in both bantam and standard and have beards, muffs, crests, feathered feet, vulture hocks, and 5 toes.

Hens lay few eggs, somewhat short of 70 a year, and they are small and white or tinted in color. Sultans are bred for show and are best kept on wire caging. They are very difficult to keep up after as far as keeping them pretty and clean goes.

Rosaline is young and only a hatchery chick but she is just the sweetest thing. If I was able to, I'd breed Sultans.

 

[farmerkim]

Javas - I've seen pics but I rarely see them for sale.

 

[LaSombra]

I don't know anything about rarity or what's better for showing or anything, but I love the look of laced feathers. I have a silver-laced and a gold-laced Wyandotte. They're just from the hatchery but I hope they look at least half as beautiful as the pics I've seen online!

 

[Criskin]

I would love to get my hands on a Chocolate Orpington. Unfortunately, I don't think you can get them stateside. You can see some gorgeous pictures from a UK breeder here: http://chirpychicks.com/chocolate_orpingtons.htm