Eufaula's list of breeds she has made me think of this. What poultry/livestock do you currently have?
Here's mine (including the babies coming in 5 days). They're all standard-size breeds, and weather-hardy.
Rhode Island Reds
Buff Orpingtons
Black Australorps
Ameraucanas
Light Brahmas
Delawares
Silver Grey Dorkings
New Hampshire Reds
Silver Laced Wyandottes
Wow!!! Pictures please of the Dorkings and the Wyandottes! Those are 2 more breeds we dont see down here often!
They're coming on Monday, Eufaula! :) Post your list of breeds again here? You can just cut and paste it...
Okay! But Ill rewrite so I can clean it up a bit so it will be easier to read!
Barred Rocks
Speckled Sussex
Red Leghorns
Creams or Light Brahmas ( we think)
Araucana
White tail,White, Buff and Gray, Japanese Bantams
Polish
Sultan
Silkie
Mille fluer O.E. Bantams
BB Red OE Bantams
Buff Orpingtons.........
Whew!!!!
I have been so busy lately with gardening I just found a few minutes to post.
I have
Silkies
BBR old english
BB Blue old english
RIR
White Leghorns
Ameraucana's
Eggies I just bought on ebay
Cuckoo Maran's 12
Domoniques 6
Golden Lace Wyandottes 6
Black Australorp 6
I hope to have a great hatch soon.
Cathy
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors chickens, thou shalt not covet thy neighbors chickens.......
I only have americaunaus and a couple of bantam's, I am going to have to work on not coveting......
Really, there aren't wyandottes near you? they are all around here. and NOISY, oh lordy they are the gossipyesy biddies I have ever met!
I have a whole collection, myself of all breeds.
I just got 10 silkie chicks ~ partridge, grey, black, white and buff.
i also got 2 easter egg layer chicks and a cuckoo maran chick
hens:
2 white silkies
1 cochin frizzle ( brown)
2 SLW standard size
1SLW bantam
2 white brahma bantams
1 golden brahma bantam
1 black sexlink
1 barred rock
1 buff orpington
Here are the two standard SLWs and the gang roosting
Here's the SLW bantam. I got her from a chicken breeder that does shows etc, and I thought, how different can a show chicken really be from the murraymcmurray garden variety? I hope you can see in this picture that I was really surprised. She is just gorgeous. Not too friendly, though.
Here is little Piccadilly:
My favorites right now are the frizzle, ( Yuliana) the Barred rock ( Pandora) and the Buff Orpington (Butterball) because they are the friendliest. Everyone else is great, too, but not as friendly.
I had a mass die off a year ago, and a big problem with the local feed store, so I ended up buying the bantams, was given the silkies and bought the frizzle all as pullets or hens. also, one of the SLWs came to me as an adult, so they aren't as tame as the ones I raised from chicks. I'm working hard to tame this new crop of chicks.
Love the pixs...
Tracey
Lordy ! One photo gets prettier than the next!!! Im With MQN...Covet ,covet...Oooops!.. I mean , I will not covet ,I will not covet!!!
