What's the Best Breed of Chicken
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Re: What's the Best Breed of Chicken
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J Stratton I just got my Stromberg catalogue in. Every year they remind me that there are far more breeds than any of us realize. Lots of information on each.
You can go to their website and browse and or request a catalogue.
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We've had a few Silkies through the years.
They were super broody.
Ya can't be scared all of your life
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Re: What's the Best Breed of Chicken
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We've had a few Silkies through the years.
They were super broody. Another one known for that.
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Traditional Malaysian Seramas are what I use to hatch expensive eggs, that I don't artificially incubate. I only keep breeders in Seramas from stock that was naturally hatched. I've used Seramas to hatch chicken, pheasant, peafowl, turkey, duck and pigeon eggs.
Silkies, gamefowl and bantam cochins generally do a good job too.
Keith
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the buff rocks i had years ago would get broody at the drop of a hat
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I have a Colombian Wyandotte that is near always broody.
It’s a lazy man who can’t find his wife a second job !
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Some of the hatchery sites list how broody different breeds are. Broody chickens are not the best layers. I got Buff Orpingtons in hopes they will hatch some chicks snd I won't have to buy more. I got ISA browns and have Buff roosters. I got the ISA for the eggs, and Buff's for broody. Both are real tame chickens.
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Re: What's the Best Breed of Chicken
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Rhode Island Reds, we averaged close to 250 eggs a year out of them. They get very broody. Very mild manner birds and easy keepers. Have 17 Rhode Island hens, not a single one broody. Unless I want to incubate I need to find a broody breed that fits well with Rhode Island chickens.
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Egyptian fayoumi has always been a a favorite of mine, including being broody. They're also an interesting and overall great breed to have. Read about them sometime. I free range my flock quite a bit, and of course I lose birds to predators, but out of all of the different breeds I've had over the years, the Fayoumi are almost always the last ones to be taken. They're alert, broody, quick, flighty, and supposedly disease resistant.
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