Rural Gardening: Suggestions for chicken breeds please, 1 by cdenny21

cdenny21 wrote:
I have to post a comment on chicken varieties. I have several breeds, but they were chosen for their mild temperaments as well as egg production. If you go to the ICYouSee Handy Dandy chicken chart at http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html you can get a breakdown of all types of chickens. I used this and ended up with chickens that are very good layers.

I have 20 hens and get a minimum of 1 dozen eggs a day. Way more than we need. My neighbors are very happy. I have 3 Light Brahmas, 2 Delawares, 2 Salmon Faverolles, 3 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 1 Australorp, and the rest are Americaunas. We get every shade of medium to light brown and we also get olive green and blue green eggs.

The blue green eggs are from McMurray pullets. The olive green eggs are from some pullets that I hatched from eggs I bought on eBay.

I might add, that's a fun way to do it without having to fork over big bucks for too many chicks. If you just want a few, go to eBay, pick out someone with really good feedback and buy some eggs. It's fun!