Your Top Five Favorite Breeds!

[Irishhenman]

Mine are constantly changing, but I like to pick mine on a bases of production and looks. I also tend to preffer more solid coloured birds. Here are my current favorites

English Standard Orpingtons (I don't like American Orpingtons)
Barnevelders, (my one exception for solid colours, I just love the look of the double laced)
Croad Langshan,
Sussex (light and buffs are my favorites out of these, large fowl or bantam)

My fifth favourite is hard to pick it is a toss up between proper RIR, Australorp, Plymouth rocks, brahma, Serama and silkies

 

[alibra]

Orpington- blue/black/splash
Orpington- crele
Orpington- jubilee
Wyandotte- silver pencilled
Wyandotte- silver laced

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Easter Egger
White Crested Black Polish
Cochin
Speckled Sussex
Welsummer

 

[Ray C]

Tuzo
Malay
Transylvanian Naked Necks
Kraienkoppe
Ixworth
If I could get Cubalaya they would probably be on the list too, beautiful birds!

 

[ejb3810]

Chanteclers
Marans
Ameraucanas
Hamburgs
Brahmas

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

D'Uccles
Nankins
Buff Orpingtons
Golden Campines
Black Australorps

OK I am updating mine. My previous post was from almost a year ago. Here are my new favorites:

Buff Minorcas
Blue Andalusians
Black Australorps
Silkies
Easter Eggers

 

[alibra]

Updating mine too

English orpingtons
D'uccles
Heritage Delawares
Wyandottes
Ameraucanas

 

[BGMatt]

1. Langshan - Super hardy, docile, huge
2. Leghorn - Love the graceful lines when properly standard bred (that goes for anything on this list)
3. Brahma - Huge, docile, I like the heavy brow look too.
4. Old English Game Bantam - Spirited, a zillion color patterns, lots of competition in show room
5. Rhode Island Red - Again real ones, not hatchery garbage. The last holdout against commercial birds in the early 1900's, and that deep dark red is just beautiful.

 

[BlissfulBetty75]

Delaware, Coronation Sussex, New Hampshire Red, OEGB, Serama

I am not quite ready to buy yet... heck haven't sold the house to buy our property yet... BUT... I have been unable to locate a Sussex breeder as of yet. I love their coloring and so far from what I've read, they seem to be a good chicken for me to start with. I saw the coronation Sussex listed in your faves and thought perhaps you might have a lead. I live in the Inland Northwest (Eastern WA/Northern ID)

Thanks,
BlissfulBetty75

 

[Klayton1]

Barred rocks, white leghorns, minorcas, buff Orpingtons, and phoenix