Which one is your fav?

[JedJackson]

Yes the chickens that survived are sleeping indoors

That's about as safe as you can get for chickens!

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Hi! I will be hatching in early spring because I am now left with only 4 laying hens after a fox attack. I am aware that they will not lay for quite a while. R.I.P my girls I had 10 laying chickens and I am left with 4 now. I am thinking about what breeds should I get in spring. I want something pretty but also something that lays eggs. No bantams, please! I will be getting some of those later. I am thinking that the max should be like 12 birds that's it. I am also going to a poultry show on Saturday. So maybe I will find something that I like and buy them. Thanks!

I like bantams a lot. U could get EE, NN, Polish, or Olive Egger.

 

[DaisyBuff]

Whoo! Im an Orpington mom! Go Buff Orpingtons! ( see my profile picture?) I would have to say, Easter Eggers are my second favorite!

 

[DaisyBuff]

Well, my first favorite? ( sorry Daisy ) Is a silkie. I just can't get over how fluffy and friendly they are!

 

[Silkie Princess]

Well, my first favorite? ( sorry Daisy ) Is a silkie. I just can't get over how fluffy and friendly they are!

Do you have silkies?

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

Some of my favorite standard girls!

My Welsummers
My EE
My Langshan (who just started laying at 28 weeks old)
My SS
My EE/Ameraucana (I’m not 100% sure what she really is…)

And I know you said no bantams… but I wanted to post my silkie rooster.

 

[Nashv755]

Hard to pick a favorite. For a friendly lap chicken I like my Red Phoenix's. 3 of my hens like to fly up and sit on my shoulder when in the yard.

Liege fighters are another of my favorites. They don't look it in pictures but they get big and also very talkative when spoken to. Big roo will carry a long winded conversation as long as you talk back to him. I question is he's really speaking in Morse code lol

Update: picture is red taking a nap on me lol

 

[Silkie Princess]

My Bantam list would be a lot longer…

My hatching list for spring is:
- Bantam Cochins
- Silkies
- D uccles
- Sablepoot X Silkies

And my want to get list:
- Pheonix bantams
- Dutch bantams
- Polish

 

[3KillerBs]

I love my Blue Australorps. There's something about an Australorp that just happens to perfectly match my mental concept of the word "chicken" -- the shape, the comb, the way they act, ....

I also adore Brahmas, but they're big eaters and not good layers so you have to love them for their looks.

 

[Sally PB]

I love my Blue Australorps. There's something about an Australorp that just happens to perfectly match my mental concept of the word "chicken" -- the shape, the comb, the way they act, ....

Me too! (Wish my Blues were real blue Aussie, but oh well.)