Favorite chicken breed?

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I second that, I love Pekins as they are sooooo cute, come in so many gorgeous colours and have great personalities. :)
 
too many to chose from!

love my Derbyshire redcaps....
and the little frizzle pekin always makes me smile! :)

but then ... Marans are great, especially black coppers.... :-)07 :-)07 :-)19 :-)07
 
Agree, far too many fantastic breeds to choose from. My favourite chicken breed at the moment is the Sussex, favourite ducks Abacot Rangers, favourite geese Brecon Buff.
 
my favorite breed at the moment has to be the old english game.

it just caught my eye, i plan to get some in the spring.

looking for a breeder in yorkshire.
 
which old english game? i like oxfords. but my favorite chicken would have to be my bantam sumatras.
 
Hi,

I am with girlracer- Barbu D'uccles. Our one girl is a porcelain, she is so tame, pleasant, friendly, considerate and caring. She comes running up to the gate to tell us when all is not quite right. She pines and makes the most haunting clucking sounds for her younger sablepoot adopted sister when she is out of sight. She follows the poot around the garden making sure she is ok and puts her in her place. After our girls confinement to the shed these past few weeks, she has re-grown the most glorious feathers on her feet. She walks around with heavily exagerrated trotting steps to accomodate these lush and lengthy feathers. As for her facial fluff, she is like a beautiful little owlet. Would love some baby d'uccles. :-)01

Simply adorable......such a sweetie.



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Love those photos Elmwood, she is a really adorable little girl. :D
 
Hi,

Thankyou for your very kind comments- I do feel I am hijacking an otherwise informative and useful post. I wish I could have learnt from keepers about different birds and their traits, seen photos etc when we started out this time last year. I did lots of "book" research but it never seems to match peoples personal experience.

But you know my girls- they can't resist a photo opportunity! ;)
 
elmwood- it's the rest of us hijacking the post by admiring your hen not you :lol:

My fave breed (today!) is the poland - mad little things but if I had to only have one breed I would choose them every time :D
 
hi

mine are light sussex & rhode island red but i keep blackrocks, a mixture of colour can be very easy on the eye

happy new year
 
iv sevral diffren breeds pekin polishx silkie brahma orpington light sussex bluebell and a fue others but my fav of all is my big lumbering orpinton rooster he is fantastic, might have to home the others just to get more of him but in hers followed by bramha then the polish
 
love to see a piccy of him! :D

My absolute favourite breeds are faverolles...and ducks its hard to choose between runners (bonkers...) and muscovies (calm...) :D :D
 
I have a few breeds, but love the quiet friendly favs and cochins and pekins because they are quiet, friendly and yet have character, I love my little chamois polands and the little frizzle poland is a REAL character, as are the Orloffs - I love the beauty of the yokahoma banties and the de watermael - and the independance of the sebrights - the madness of the suffolk chequer and the swart Hona.. but I have a real soft sport for my Sabelpoots - curious, full of character, docile, .. finally it's the 'poots that are my favorites
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Hi Dorinda,

dorinda said:
but I have a real soft sport for my Sabelpoots - curious, full of character, docile, .. finally it's the 'poots that are my favorites
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Thats interesting. I would say our Poot is anything but docile. She seems to have calmed a little over winter, but she is a very busy bird, as you say very curious, and quick as a flash. She is a mishievious girl, and always first in the queue for treats plus she can julmp and reach higher than the others. She is bottom of the pecking order, but she will and does stand her ground with the top girl- a small black pekin. She throws her bosom out, and both of then stand facing each other with heaving chests...... :lol:

BUT then again we only have one, and I can honestly say I wouldn't have another. (prefer D'uccles and also rather taken with the watermael).
 
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