Happy weekend, everyone!
I'm coming to you all so I can hear your thoughts. I want to keep a flock of about 20 to 22 chickens two roosters included in this mix. My main goal is to have heritage breeds in a vast majority, that lay good and that I occasionally hatch some for meat and /or renew the flock for a few years to come. I have 3 pure breed roosters but only keeping two. I will present you with the list of breeds for hens and roosters bellow. Which ones would you keep for best dual purpose? Any other good rooster breed I should consider instead of what I currently have?
*Roosters:
-Delaware
-French Black Copper Maran
-Black Jersey
*Hens: (some of these breeds I have more than one, so what I'm looking for here is priority when it comes to egg laying abilities which when mixed with a good rooster can provide a good dual purpose mutt.)
-California Whites
-Bielefelder
-Black Australorp
-Buff Orpington
-RIR
-Red Blue laced Wyandotte
-Lavender Ameraucana
-Lavender Orpington
-Speckled Sussex
-New Hampshire Red
-Welbar
-White Rock
-French Black Copper Maran
-Black Jersey Giant
-Delaware
-English Orpington
Thank you all so much for the advice.
I'm coming to you all so I can hear your thoughts. I want to keep a flock of about 20 to 22 chickens two roosters included in this mix. My main goal is to have heritage breeds in a vast majority, that lay good and that I occasionally hatch some for meat and /or renew the flock for a few years to come. I have 3 pure breed roosters but only keeping two. I will present you with the list of breeds for hens and roosters bellow. Which ones would you keep for best dual purpose? Any other good rooster breed I should consider instead of what I currently have?
*Roosters:
-Delaware
-French Black Copper Maran
-Black Jersey
*Hens: (some of these breeds I have more than one, so what I'm looking for here is priority when it comes to egg laying abilities which when mixed with a good rooster can provide a good dual purpose mutt.)
-California Whites
-Bielefelder
-Black Australorp
-Buff Orpington
-RIR
-Red Blue laced Wyandotte
-Lavender Ameraucana
-Lavender Orpington
-Speckled Sussex
-New Hampshire Red
-Welbar
-White Rock
-French Black Copper Maran
-Black Jersey Giant
-Delaware
-English Orpington
Thank you all so much for the advice.