Griepentrog T. Best chicken breeds for backyard flocks. Mother Earth News Web site. My Pet Chicken. Chicken breeds. My Pet Chicken Web site. Wieland B, Nolden N. Backyard chicken basics. University of Minnesota Extension Web site. Pollock C. Common chicken breeds. November 30, LafeberVet Web site. Login Register Home. We are getting 4 hens but are novices so thank you for all the advice. My wife has gone chicken mad. I live in Anola Mb. I am wanting to get some dual purpose eggs, then when they get older meat chicks for myself.
Was just wondering what types would be best that can handle the temps. Hi Steven, I always recommend rhode islands as the best beginner hen and then can also handle very hot and cold weather. I am new to raising chickens. My chickens have laid their first eggs yesterday. I thought my chicken were brown egg layers. Buff Orpington is actually what I thought they were. They are laying white large eggs. The chickens are a red orange with black in their tails. How can I find out for sure what kind of chickens I have?
My son and I plan to raise chickens this coming year. We would like to start them as chicks. Do you recommend that? Ours will have a fairly small hen house but a fenced in yard area to roam during the daylight hours.
Your article was extremely helpful! Glad to hear the article has helped you Demrie. Yes absolutely- remember we are here if you need any help along the way! Meagan, I would ask if you know the breeds. Some lay all year and some will stop in the winter. Also, what are the ages and their diet? Some hens are not good layers. You can tell if they are supposed to have yellow legs and beaks that are still yellow after a year of laying and look dull or sleepy. Also, how long have they been laying? Lots to consider and you can sleuth your way through this problem.
On this page you wrote not to use lights to force your hens to lay. In the comments you told a commenter that her chickens may need some light in the coop so the can see the roost. Is that too much? We have an Orpington that keeps going after one specific hen when they enter the coop. We inspected the other hen for any signs of injuries or possible sickness but we are going on 5 months now that this aggresive behaviour has been happening.
We eventually moved bullied hen into her own coop which she clucks for a good hour or two until the sun sets. Has anyone any suggestions why this maybe happening? Any suggestions is greatly appreciated. Hi Dawn, What happened when you separated the Orpington? Did you remove her for a few days? It took time and patience but worked out great.
It gets sub zero temperature here. What is the harm in a small heating lamp? Born 9 April One hen has matured faster than the other two. Is this unusual? I have about twenty partridge rock and ten misc. They are all about eleven months old now. They started laying well and suddenly stopped.
The food is the same, plenty of water, clean roosts, nesting boxes and plenty of space for ranging. I am stumped. Any of these sound familiar? I love the way you care about the chickens and your enthusiasm! I recently tried vinegar, water and sweet orange essential oil. Does anyone have a any advice or thoughts on this? Thank you. I use the deep litter method, which means the coop only needs cleaning about once a year.
It is easy to clean and it is useful for heating during winter season. Hey Debbie, I use wood shavings on the floor and a piece of plywood under the roost as a poop board and dump the poop in the garden then spray that off every few days. I also spray the coop with water every few months and change all of the shavings. I also change out the plywood every year with a new piece of plywood. Does anyone have a good opinion on what kind of coop should get because I want to be able to clean out their coop.
I loved how nice my Leghorn girls turned out this year and hoping for more! Also getting Easter Eggers and Marans! I cant wait! Almost three years ago I picked up 12 Golden Comets I think.
At about five months old they began laying and over the next 20 months I picked up about 75 eggs a week. My neighbors and grandkids loved the girls. The girls follow them everywhere. I kept them loose in the fruit orchard and they would go into their cage to lay, eat or sleep. I feed them 20 percent laying pellets and all the fruit they can eat. Six months ago I picked up six Rhode Island Reds and they have started laying now.
The eggs are smaller and less frequent. They are alright, but I am getting more Golden Comets soon. I enjoyed the article and posts, thank you. I did not know artificial lights were bad for my hens it gets really cold here in the winter so I put up heat lamps.
I have noticed some days I was getting more eggs. I love this post, it helps me decide on what chicken to get for both eggs and meat.. I am planning of getting a chicken — rhode island red. Atleast 10 for start up. We have one Golden Comet who loves my wife. Follows here like the Pied Piper -: She lays eggs per week. All large to extra large brown eggs. Every once in a while she will lay a jumbo egg. Am planning to get 3 or 4 more b4 winter sets in.
My family of 7 has 8 chickens of mixed breeds. We always have plenty of eggs and occasionally give away a couple dozen eggs when we have too many. Thank you for all the great information and suggestions. We have 8 fairly young Redrock chicks.
But we definitely have at least 3 Roosters. They are all close to a bit over 12 weeks old now,and very outgoing and friendly. I have 3 buff orpington, 3 speckled sussex, and 1 americauna. They are 7 mo old and have been laying for about a month now. Today I went out to the coop, after not checking for 2 days due to the holidays. Got a dozen eggs! Seems pretty good for December at 38 degree weather. We live in the city and I prefer to start with just 1. Do chickens live well alone or do they really need to live with other hens?
You should get at least 2. I got my first chickens in August. I have two Easter eggers that just started laying about two months ago. One lays every day and the other most days. I can tell because ones eggs are green and others are white. My hens are beautiful girls. They will eat out my hand and crawl in my lap for food. Love my girls! Thanks for all the information. Have learned a lot from you. Can I sell eggs? Also, do I need to worry about ferral cats hunting them if I let them in the yard?
The sex links can be a little stand-offish but still love to eat out of my hand. Hi Wendy, Yes you can sell your eggs! They are about 10 months old. My Leghorn went through a molt at about 5 months old and just started laying about a month ago. Have 5 hens and 1 rooster…Plymouth Rocks going into their first winter…usually 5 eggs, occasionally only 4.
I am looking to get 3 hybrids but we live in middle Tennesee and are worried about the winter months. Are these Golden Comets going to be okay with near-freezing temperatures outside? Are there certain things I can do to keep them warm? I come to know that Australorp is the top most eggs laying breed. There is not australorp in the top Please guide me. I have about australorp 2months chicks. Do not worry. Provider a nutritious diet and proper care and your Australorps will become egg producing machines.
Please read this article to get educated on them as they grow rapidly. How cold of temperature can hens handle? I live in the midwest where it often is in the teens during the winter time. This site is awesome! My husband and I are about to get baby chicks for our two girls to raise and we have been looking online to get help on how to raise healthy chickens and am telling ya, this site got all the answers we need.
Thank you so much and now we know where to come when we need more help? Thank you for your kind words. Please spread the word and share the site with others. Abram try ISA BROWN they are very good egg layers they have Rhode island red and Rhode island white and some leghorn but there is a mystery to what else they have in them the males are white at birth and the females are red at birth. Brilliant read. Very rare nowadays as most people just write a quick article just to get more views.
This one is different! Both informative and helpful. Thank you! There is often confusion here. A friend of ours bought a dozen double yolk eggs. He is wondering if there is chickens that lay them? From the pic. Thanks for any info. See our guide on egg laying timing.
I have 9 laying chickens. Raising 10 now 9 Easter eggers. Had she managed to grow could she laid eggs and survive in my 10by10 pen with the other babies and 3 adult Red Islands that are left. Our local avian vet tells me that a natural chicken lays about 15 eggs a year but humans have bred them to lay hundreds instead.
That is why a chicken lives only years instead of a natural years. So much of their energy goes into egg production that it shorten their lives. On top of that, we want bigger eggs have you seen them at the supermarkets? I love the eggs from our hens but we should not treat them as just laying machines. We keep ours all their lives, well past their egg-laying period. It has become quite the trend. But I have had experience with some living 9 years.
Just purchased a coop for chickens. Hoping to start this next spring. We are in WI… what are good laying birds that would be friendly with our 5yo? We plan on having around 3 chickens in the coop to start and hope to build runs to let them move around more.
Would road island reds be ok in a commercial coop built for about chickens? If you are putting 3 chickens in a coop made for there is enough space for them.
Barbu d'Uccle Belgian Bantam. Barbu de Watermael Belgian Bantam. Barbu du Grubbe Belgian Bantam. Barnevelder Heavy: Soft Feather. Booted Bantam True Bantam Rare.
What are the Breed Classifications of Chickens? What is a Bantam Breed? What is a True Bantam? Brahma Heavy: Soft Feather. Brakel Light: Soft Feather Rare. Campine Light: Soft Feather Rare. Cochin Heavy: Soft Feather.
Croad Langshan Heavy: Soft Feather. Dominique Heavy: Soft Feather Rare. Dorking Heavy: Soft Feather. Dutch Bantam True Bantam. Faverolles Heavy: Soft Feather. Fayoumi Light: Soft Feather Rare. Friesian Light: Soft Feather Rare. Frizzle Heavy: Soft Feather. Hamburgh Light: Soft Feather. Houdan Heavy: Soft Feather Rare. What is a Utility or Dual Purpose Breed? What are Hybrid Chickens? Hybrid layers are usually based on the Rhode Island Red for brown eggs preferred in Europe and the White Leghorn for white eggs preferred in the U.
Can Hybrid Chickens Reproduce? Hybrids Not Pure Bred! Indian Game Hard Feather. Ixworth Heavy: Soft Feather Rare. Japanese Bantam True Bantam. Ko Shamo Asian Hard Feather.
Kraienkoppe Light: Soft Feather Rare. Kulang Asian Hard Feather. Lakenvelder Light: Soft Feather Rare. Leghorn Light: Soft Feather. Lincolnshire Buff Heavy: Soft Feather. Malay Asian Hard Feather. Marans Heavy: Soft Feather. Minorca Light: Soft Feather. Modern Game Hard Feather. Nankin Bantam True Bantam Rare. Ohiki True Bantam Rare. Orloff Heavy: Soft Feather Rare. Orpington Heavy: Light Feather. Which Chicken Breeds are Noisy? If you have neighbours in close proximity, as well as not keeping a male bird it is a good idea to avoid a chicken breed that is known to be noisy such as: Ancona Andalusian Indian Game called Cornish in the U.
Which Chicken Breeds are Flighty? If you are trying to keep chickens in or out of an area such as a garden or neighbouring property then it is wise to avoid breeds that are able to fly well such as: Ancona Andalusian Campine Fayoumi Hamburg Lakenvelder Leghorn Old English Bantam. Which Chickens Go Broody Easily? Pekin Bantam True Bantam.
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