Single hen

[bronze]

I'm looking at getting three more chickens but i can't decide what type.

I have decided on a few things if I can get all the of them then great

 

First thing is I'm definitely going for a silver laced wyandotte (not bantam)

 

The other things I would like are

a blue/grey chicken

one that lays chocolate eggs

one that lays blue/green eggs

 

Now I think I may go for a copper black maran for the choclate eggs unless anyone has any other suggestions.

 

For the blue/green eggs + grey chicken I was looking at either a silver legbar or a lavender araucana. Again unless anyones got any other ideas.

 

Please help me decide I'm hopeless at decision making

[Tom and Barbara]

def the maran, ours was susch a lovely temprement

 

the lavendar arucana is quite a scary bird, looks wise, ours always seems to be watching me and plotting....but i can recommend the cotswold legbar for a grey aswell, very very pretty. I've just hatched 2 more chicks actually, one is a pure grey and one is a throw back white with a slight grey tinge.

[feemcg]

How about lavender Araucana for your blue/grey chicken + you'll get blue/green eggs.

 

The Marans for the chocolate eggs (I've got lovely dark Wheaten Marans eggs in the incy).

 

A Cream Legbar or Shetland for more blue/green eggs .

[Tom and Barbara]

cream legbars are gorgeous i'm trying to get a hatching egg or two at the moment

[bronze]

Ok thats a definitive answer then

[chelsea]

You have to get the silver laced wyandotte. I would be so

 

Another chicken I like is the double laced barnevelder....they are very nice looking hens, good layers and well natured.

[chelsea]

oh and barnevelders lay very dark brown eggs....like maran eggs

[Sheilaz]

I'd start the other way around; what stocks do your local suppliers have? Although, obviously helpful to have done research too. Round here it's hard to get anything other than "browns" unless you're in the right place at the right time. Hopefully you will find more of a range, but don't set your heart on something & then not be able to find it.

[bronze]

well as Lesleys let on I'm getting a cube

And I have an incubator on its way I'm kind of open to breeds. As long as I can get hold of fertilised eggs that is. Obviously they'll have to hatch but the choice is there

[Egluntyne]

I would get a silver laced Wyandotte for no better reason than they are so beautiful. Silver pencilled would be my second choice.

[feemcg]

If you're going to hatch silver-laced Wyandottes bear in mind they are much slower to feather up and give away any sexing clues, than any of the other breeds I've hatched. My 6 are 6 weeks old and only one has the beginnings of a pea comb. Tricky .

[bronze]

I'll be keeping them as long as possible anyway. Have spoken to lady at the farm whos going to help me out after that

[Tara.F]

the lavender araucana are loverly , ours runs round the garden just like Road-Runner.

 

lovely temperment does not peck the others just runs under there feet gets there treats before they know whats happening

[Lesley]

oh and barnevelders lay very dark brown eggs....like maran eggs

 

Our Barnevelder bantams lay a very pale egg

[Cinnamon]

Medowsweet do Hybrids that lay all of these egg colours.

Can't remeber the names of them all, but I theink ht Heritage Skyline is the blue layer.

Their Blue Belle is a gorgeous blue grey hen.

[Jill]

I think before you decide you should contact your local suppliers to see what they have and what their temperaments are otherwise you might be disappointed if you have set your heart on a breed and then find there aren't any around locally. I find when I see what the breeder has I usually fall in love with one that I had not even thought about before.

[bronze]

I think before you decide you should contact your local suppliers to see what they have and what their temperaments are otherwise you might be disappointed if you have set your heart on a breed and then find there aren't any around locally. I find when I see what the breeder has I usually fall in love with one that I had not even thought about before.

 

I'm getting eggs and hacthing them. I'm going to try ebay, I know its not been great for some other people but as long as I get a couple I'll be happy. Maybe the uk should have the quivelent of

eggbid

Definitely getting the wyandotte and I think I'v eplumped for the maran. Its just between the legbar and the araucana now.

[chocchick]

Too late, but Welsummers lay brown eggs too and are pretty. Depends on how well they are bred what colour you actually get, mine are brownish but not very brown.

[Tom and Barbara]

Definitely getting the wyandotte and I think I'v eplumped for the maran. Its just between the legbar and the araucana now.

 

I'd go for the legbar.....and Dave just seconded lol lol for the same reason as me, the arucana looks 'evil' and is scary, it almost has goats eyes lol.