3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[KateH]

Due to a rubbish year last year (losing girls to ill health) I am down to two little ones at the moment, a lavender pekin and a gold silkie. I want to get another two girls in the next few months but can't decide what to go for. They definitely have to be bantams or smaller birds and will have to mix with the two I already have. I had thought of more pekins but I'd quite like some eggs and am fed up with broodiness already (my silkie lays about 21 eggs then goes off for 6 weeks and I haven't seen an egg from my Pekin yet!) Other possibilities I thought of were Polands, sablepoots or bantam faverolles. Any ideas?

[Chortle Chook]

I'd say go for a different breed for the fun and variety of it I have Polands and just love them. They are certainly no more trouble than sikies and don't go broody in the same way; they are easy to pick up and talk all the time. I don't have Faverolles but everyone says they are gentle and I would like some one day.

[Redwing]

Wyandottes are nice, come in many colours and certain colours are much less prone to broodiness than others

 

Polands are characterful and good layers but live in a world of their own and dont always mix well with other breeds, they are unlikely to go broody though

 

Faverolles are lovely gentle birds, I think they are at least moderately broody though

 

If your Pekin isnt too bossy then the Poland or Faverolles may be a good choice, if the Pekin is bossy and pecky I would be tempted to go for something else

 

Sabelpoots are nice but very popular at the moment, not easy to get hold of and not usually a reasonable price!

[Daphne]

Just out of interest Tasha, which are the less broody-prone colours? I'm attracted to some of the laced varieties as the lacing is so tight.

[Redwing]

My barreds hardly ever go broody and I have a lot if them, they get bored if they do go broody luckily!

I don't think the silver laced are too bad either

Partridge are of course renowned broodies followed by the solid colours

[coco]

I have a silver pencilled wyandotte bantam who goes broody constantly and has an attitude when she does. have you thought about seramas, although small I have two, they lay most days and are very cheeky, always first out of the run and asking for treats. Mine are grade 3 (three being the largest, one being the smallest]. Only downside is they can fly but they never go far. They are also quite capable of standing up for themselves.

[Chicken deficient]

I'll second the barred Wyandottes (though to be fair, mine are not old enough to have yet experienced a nice warm summer to get their broodiness going...) They are lovely, friendly, intelligent birds though and laying really well.