*mummy_hen* Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Hi All, My lovely hubby has decided he is going to dismantle our gorgeous WIR but the good news is he is going to replace it with an even bigger, better one. Yay! When it is completed we are hoping to rescue some more ex-batts but we would also like to take the plunge and try our hand with a few other breeds. It seems like this would be a great opportunity to do it as i will temporarily be able to split the new bigger run in two whilst intros are going on, etc and they will have all moved in to the garden/area at the same time. We have a few ideas of breeds we like (OH fancies a plymouth rock, i quite like speckledy's and silkies but no set ideas). We were just looking for recommendations for breeds that would make good pets (not too skittish, really good fliers, etc) and are also fairly easy to manage, i.e. not likely to go broody every 5 minutes as i haven't had experience of this before only having had ex-batt girlies. We are also looking for recommendations for good breeders, we are in Gloucestershire but would be willing to travel a reasonable distance to ensure we went somewhere with a good reputation. Obviously we are just in early stages at the minute so won't be rushing out to get any new girls this weekend or anything but would be good to have a few ideas of places to start looking when we are ready!! Thanks!!! It is very exciting!! ( i think this means investing in an upgrade on my pink eglu with a new pink cube though ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Chris at Poultry Park has a tremendous reputation on another poultry forum I'm on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Thanks Josh. We had come across their website and they are very close to us so will definitely check them out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I'm in awe of your OH . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Hi wow lucky you. I knwo this may seem like a strange thing but have you thought about Brahma or Brahma bantams the large fowl are huge but the bantams are normal size chickens. Or even orpingtons or my person fav out of all large fowl are Cochins which are big pekins basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Thanks for the suggestions - will definitiely look in to them. I am very lucky to have such a chicken mad OH - to be honest sometimes i think he is even worse than me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
