D'anvers (Bantam breed)
"Belgian Bearded d'Anvers (or Barbu d'Anvers) are true bantams with the standard weight of cocks being 26 oz. and the standard weight of hens being 22 oz. They are very energetic and are usually friendly, although the males can be aggressive. Aggressiveness varies from strain to strain, and bird to bird."
Out of all the breeds I could choose from, I chose these three. They seemed to be very plain, and sounded common. The Quail is apparently very popular. The breeds are: White, Quail and Columbian. The full list is on this URL (The URL is where the information is from): http://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/bantams_danvers.html
"They are excellent barnyard chickens and typically do well in the show room. In this way they are excellent birds for starting out. For hatching though, while there are many strains with good layers, sometimes these little bantams are difficult to hatch or obtain stock of. Aside from this, they are a relatively easy breed to maintain and condition."
Shaver Reds
"My beautiful Shaver Reds. An egg a day guaranteed. They follow me EVERYWHERE. They climb all over the shelves in my workshop, throwing boxes and tools onto the floor and chatting away to themselves. 100% free-range, no shut-in at all (no predators) and all natural foods. One of the many funny things they do, is when I am in the kitchen, they jump and flap straight up in the air to window height (VERY scary when not expected) - asking for their oats treat."
The person says that the chickens lay at least once a day, are happy with open spaces, and, by the silly things they do, will need a good wing-clipping.
This man (or woman) had pictures of some of his beautiful Shaver Reds. Here is the URL:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/shaverreds.html
Coops!
Click here for my favourite coop design - and it has coop building instructions too!
Otherwise, The main coop cage page is here.
Other breeds
If we want to have very sophisticated looking breeds we have -
Of course, that is my opinion.
(And, Mr. Woody, will we have them as chicks or fully grown?)
Information
Here is Backyard Chickens Learning Center.
Ending
I hope that will help in any way possible about how we are going raise, care and so on about our (hopefully!) chickens.
Maybe, just maybe, with this information, we can work together and home chickens who will come to love us and the generations of room5ians after.
ALSO - sustainable garden - please see this link to read up on organic and hopefully sustainable gardens the chickens could come to love.
Love to y'all,
neina-marie, a buzzin' bee
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