What Is Your Favorite Breed Of Chicken?

What is your favorite breed of chicken, and why?




I think I really like welsummers:
they are pretty in a way that provides good camouflage
they are good foragers
they are decent layers
they can go broody but not too much
they are good winter survivors
big enough to eat

The only con about them is they are a bit skittish compared to other brown layers, but that can be good for their survival.


I also really like bhramas, they are a great duel-purpose bird, great eggs and large enough for a good meal (or weeks worth if you cook him right). They are also cute and talkative.

 

This reminds me about the days i was raising chicken. This is what any farmer is always concerned about. I like the abor Acre (AA) breed of broilers. this is because the grow very fast and has good weight at 7 weeks. there are However other breeds of broilers with other features that farmers prefare other than AA.

 

My favourite breed of chicken is the naked neck. This breed of chicken has no feathers on the neck and the neck region appears longer. Its cheap and easy to rear on free range, a prolific layer and is quite resistant to diseases.

 

I like layers the most. I like it when I pick eggs in the evening. Sweet feeling, sometimes I get much that I sell and other times give out to neighbors. Saving some capital to build a substantial coup for 100 of them and do them commercially.

 

We have several different kinds, but my two favorites are Buff Orpingtons and Copper Morans. They both seem to be excellent layers, yet bulk up fast enough to eat, and they both appear to be pretty laid-back calm birds. Plus, people really like the blue eggs from the Coppers!

 

Fried.........either pan fried or deep fried.
Popeye's Chicken is wonderful.

 

Today I added chickens to my prepper list of critters for self-sufficiency . They are 6 baby pullets that I picked up at the feed store . Now I have for critter assistance in self-sufficiency Milk goats , homing pigeons , chickens and a bloodhound that can trail down about anything that breaths and has trailed down one critter that had a 17 hour head -start . Survival critters , is just one leg of my multiprong plan for survival .

 

I like Rosecomb and Dutch Bantams. Raised them as a kid and fell in love with those little birds. Don't eat much or take up much room but there eggs are super rich in flavor and a bright orange in color. Makes a great omelet or french toast. They aren't as big as most chickens but they still can make a good meal and you can raise more birds in the same space.



They can run like the wind and even fly fairly well which makes them better at eluding predators. Mine would run under there coop at the sight of a raptor and fly into the trees at any dog they didn't know. My dad let them stay out one night that I was gone and a mink got one that was sleeping under the coop. That was my only loss until I joined the army.

Dale