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[Fur 'n' Feathers]

Does anyone know what the BBF is hybridised from?

 

Also the Magpie?

 

Also what are they like in personality and egg production?

[Redwing]

What does BBF stand for?

 

I havent heard of a magpie chicken, ducks come in magpie colouring though....

[Egluntyne]

Magpies are a bit like a Reverse Sussex or A Pied Sussex.

 

According to Google....this is a BBF

 

 

It looks like a Bluebelle to me.

[Fur 'n' Feathers]

Have a look here:

 

http://www.churchmans.co.uk/chickens.shtml

 

 

This is the poultry supplier that we use. We could ask Mary at Churchman's who is very good, but we waned to know Omleteers experiences.

[Woodcat]

if you click on the picture it says it's full name is Beechwood Blue Aracana but that doesn't make any sense with the F of BBF. Just thought i'd add to the confusion there.

[bigmommasally]

My Maude is a Magpie.

 

 

You can't see in the picture but her black feathers are beautiful, sort of like petrol on water colours. She lays about 5 eggs a week; usually around 68gs.

[mags]

Maude looked like my Tilly who is a pied suffolk

 

 

mags

[Fur 'n' Feathers]

My Maude is a Magpie.

 

You can't see in the picture but her black feathers are beautiful, sort of like petrol on water colours. She lays about 5 eggs a week; usually around 68gs.

 

How does she compare in size to your Black Rock? and is she docile? Our existing hens are.

 

(By the way, she looks beautiful).

[bigmommasally]

My Maude is a Magpie.

 

You can't see in the picture but her black feathers are beautiful, sort of like petrol on water colours. She lays about 5 eggs a week; usually around 68gs.

 

How does she compare in size to your Black Rock? and is she docile? Our existing hens are.

 

(By the way, she looks beautiful).

- Thanks

 

She's slighty bigger, more rounded.

 

Maude is the top chook but she's not a bully. She hates being picked up and gets very stressed if I try to get hold of her. OH has spent hours trying to get her to take corn from his hand but she'd rather starve where as all our other chooks coming running.

[furryelephant]

My Kylie is a Magpie and she is a stunner... bigger than our Gingernut and more rounded with the beautiful beetle green/black feathers mentioned by the previous poster. She's called Kylie as she is as much a showgirl as Miss Minogue

 

She's very friendly and will eat from your hand... lays 5 or 6 lovely pale brown eggs with white speckles a week, but......

 

...boy is she NOISY!!! Other Magpie owners have said similar with their girls too... but I think it's pot luck whether you get a noisy girl in any breed so don't let my songstrel put you off

 

Paula

[Fur 'n' Feathers]

She's slighty bigger, more rounded.

 

Maude is the top chook but she's not a bully. She hates being picked up and gets very stressed if I try to get hold of her. OH has spent hours trying to get her to take corn from his hand but she'd rather starve where as all our other chooks coming running.

 

That's relly helpful.

 

We're just thinking round the hybrids we'll get in September. We've been really fortunate with our three who seemed to be in a democracy

 

All the help we've had from the forum has been really useful. We don't want to get carried away and upset the existing balance, although we recognise that there will have to be some sort of shift with 2 newbies arriving.

 

We think we'll go for our initial gut reaction and get a Coral and another Brown Nick with less white in the rear (with the final decision to be made when we get there). That means we can call them Aspro and Kokkino (white & red in Greek to go with our existin kilo of wine

[Cluckingham Palace]

Hi i bought a BBF a coral and a brown nick from churchmans 4 weeks ago , i am sure she called it a Bouvier bluebell cross, she is big and beautiful and i wouldn't be without her she has laid daily for 3 weeks where as the others have a couple of days off a week so far.

[Fur 'n' Feathers]

Hi i bought a BBF a coral and a brown nick from churchmans 4 weeks ago , i am sure she called it a Bouvier bluebell cross, she is big and beautiful and i wouldn't be without her she has laid daily for 3 weeks where as the others have a couple of days off a week so far.

 

OOOOooooohhhh! Now look what you gone & done We all confused now as to what to get:!: