The Chicken Chronicles

Goodness, had I know the plethora of fascinating breeds out there in the world of chickens, 

I might have avoided going beyond your basic hatchery layers like:

(photos link to respective sites unless they are my own!)

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/Rhode_Island/Rhode-Island-Red-Hen.jpg

Rhode Island Reds

http://seventreestest.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/black-australorp.jpg

http://www.bradbury.org/jims-blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/buff_orpington-225x169.jpg

Now these breeds lay very well, no question! They are awesome, but

as far as the breeds out there, they are a bit ho hum.

But wow! Once you starting looking into
chicks from legitimate breeders or a
quality breeder stock hatchery like

http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/


You will find it easy to start down the road of discovering
chickens breeds, you might find out it is addictive!

So, along with the Blue Laced Red Wyandottes,
Blue and Black Copper Marans, Delawares,
Blue Wheaten and Wheaten Ameraucanas,
Welsummers and Barnevelders we
already have hatched here this year and last,

I'm looking to add Orpingtons in a variety of
colors, including rare Lavender, along with more color variations of
Ameraucanas, and Black / Blue Wyandottes.

http://www.bucabuc.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/bucabucblueOrpHen.jpg.w300h375.jpg

http://www.bucabuc.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/SplashOrpingtonHen.jpg

http://www.orpingtonsuk.com/lav1.JPG

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/uu138/RHewitt/SplashAmeraucanaRooster2.jpg

Hatching eggs are risky since you never know what type of

hatch rate you will get, but the best sources are Back Yard Chicken.com

and Ebay. . .

I'm waiting for the eggs in the incubators now to hatch, and candling has shown

we should have a fairly good hatch if the crazy Little Giant will keep temp!