what a cutie!!Oh no!! I don't have enough personal experience with different breeds to make an "informed choice". So I'm just following along
So far a fave of mine is a Leghorn mix, crazy egg production, and sweet personality.
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that is so smart! Me too... one of everything!!Only ONE !!!!!I’d never be able to chose!!
I like my RIR because egg production has been good and they have plenty of meat on them.
My EE’s lay such pretty eggs as well as my crested cream legbars and they both have jaunty feathering.
My white leghorn is just delicate to look at (and I’m hoping to round out my egg basket colors if she ever decides to start laying)
My buff Orpington has the sweetest personality (and lays the biggest eggs so far)
My ayam cemani (And his cross offspring) are just majestic to look at with their metallic shine to their feathers.
And my gold laced Wyandottes have pretty feathers / personality too, but both that I owned have had bumble foot so I’m starting to lean slightly away from those.
Yup, no choosing just one for me....unless it’s one ... Of everything!
really beautiful birds!Faverollles for a very, very simple reason.
The only way they'll be faster or smarter than me is if one of us is dead.View attachment 1953678 If I got to keep a stable mind and body Dominiques and Speckled Sussex would have a huge place too but even now they're too smart and fast for my health.
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Are they anything like Brahmas?
I've never had a pure Brahma. I have 2 brahma mixed chicks but I can't tell how they'll be, they're too young.
Dorkings and OEGBs represent both ends of the spectrum!! I'm with you--I want them cuddly, funny, and sweet.There is absolutely, positively no chance I would ever be able to pick just one breed.
Even going on personality alone without taking bird and egg appearance into account, it would leave me with an impossible choice between my big, cuddly, beloved Dorkings and my tiny, charming, precious OEGBs. No way, no how could I possibly pick between them.
And that's after a long, strenuous process of elimination to get down to just them!
I like colorful birds and eggs, and I also like birds who are easily handled and don't shy away from me. My top five, in this order, are Dorkings, OEGBs, Cochins (particularly bantams), Orpingtons, and Plymouth Rocks. Placing just outside of that are Marans and Easter-eggers as their personalities have on average been a bit more aggressive and a bit more shy, respectively, than the breeds in my top 5, but they have purdy eggs.I think that generally I want my flock to always contain some of each of those breeds (or, well, you get what I mean with the EEs). That's not even counting the ones I want that I haven't owned yet, or not really, like Brahmas and Ameraucanas.
I just want them all. Is that too much to ask?Good thing I don't have to pick just one!
Well, I'm adding Jersey Giants to my list!!
All the ones that hug!!
I've watched a lot of videos about them! I think they're really beautiful!! What is the plural of Aseel? Aseels? Or is it just Aseel? Thanks!
soooo pretty!
