kat58 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Hi, I have been constantly looking at this website over the last few months and found it really helpful with all your views and stories. I am now the proud owner of an Eglu and can't wait to get the chooks ------ but which breeds are the best? What I want is a good egg layer, placid, easy to tame and not flighty. Have read through different books for chicken breeds and now totally confused.com !! ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-sarahjayne Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Well I have hybrids and they are all beautiful colours and really good layers, and also have the most wonderful personalities. I have (as you can see in my signature) 2 black rocks which are really beautiful colours, a bluebelle who is so tame and friendly and an ISA Brown who is the standard ginger chicken but equally beautiful. I love my girls to bits and I'm a newbie too and personally I think they are great starter chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat58 Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Thank you Sarahjayne for your qiuck reply, that has helped me a lot. Hopefully going next weekend to a couple of breeders and see what they have. Just need to get the food etc. beforehand, I'm quite excited now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara-W Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Hi, I also have hybrids my 3 bluebelles are so tame that they were eating corn out of my hand the day after I got them!! I would definately recommend them they lay well and are not flighty so I have not had to clip their wings!! They are very friendly with each other and worked out the pecking order without any bullying Sara x Endora Sally Henny Penny Esme The chicks Evelyn Enid Sybil Agatha Queenie Mildred Delilah Jemimah Lola 2nd hand and empty at the moment!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmurffi Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Hiya, I'm a newbie too, my Eglu being delivered Friday. Have you checked out the breeds section of the Omlet website, give a big list of load of different chickens with pictures and also a 5 star rating for laying, friendliness, hardiness etc. It has helped me decide. I'm going for Light Sussex, Cuckoo Maran and possibly Welsummer. Someone I know is hoping to breed New Hampshires next year they have 5 stars all the way so may increase next year. Hope it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I'd chosen the breeds I liked the look of after a lot of research but ended up choosing 3 just by their looks when I arrived at the breeder . "We'll have that brown one, that black one and err, that other pale brown one" . No regrets though, my 3 are lovely and very friendly . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tink Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I'd chosen the breeds I liked the look of after a lot of research but ended up choosing 3 just by their looks when I arrived at the breeder . "We'll have that brown one, that black one and err, that other pale brown one" . No regrets though, my 3 are lovely and very friendly . I did that yesterday - spent WEEKS researching and whittling my list down to a carefully considered selection based on laying abilities, damage to garden, friendliness, etc... very scientific.... got there and picked "the pretty brown one and the one with the fantastic hairdo" Then my 2 year old said "I want the white one".....and that was the choosing done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat58 Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Thanks to you all for all your suggestions. I guess that by the time I get to the breeders, with list in hand ---- which has now shortened to a few, I too will be saying ' that one, that one and perhaps that one!!' ha ha I'll let you know. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tink Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Good luck - let us know what you choose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
