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Barnyard mix

Any combination of breeds. No standard, each individual is different from the next.

General Information

Breed Purpose
Dual purpose
Comb
Any
Broodiness
Just depends
Climate Tolerance
Just depends
Egg Productivity
Just depends
Egg Size
Just depends
Egg Color
Just depends
Breed Temperament
Just depends
Breed Colors/Varieties
Any
Breed Size
Any
APA/ABA Class
N/A
Color
Any
They come in all shapes and sizes, a delight for small homesteads, farms, and backyard flocks. images.jpeg

Latest reviews

Meh, they are okay
Pros: You never know what it will come out looking like and what comb it will have
Cons: not guaranteed number of eggs per year, they tend to not be the nicest
2 broody mamas hatched 10 chicks last year, but I could never handle them because they would zoom away. They are very skittish, but that's because I never handled them. If you hatch some out, there is definitely going to be more roosters than if you got them in a pullet bin at a feed store (you will still get some but not as many.) I got 5-6 roos which I gave away and 4-5 hens. One that we gave away we weren't quite set on the idea that it was a roo, so that's why I say 5-6. I like sticking to the breeds at hatcheries and not the mixes. Why? Well
1. With pure breeds you know for sure how many eggs they are going to be laying, for instance around 250.
2. And you have a better chance of getting a nice chicken when getting a breed from a hatchery because that breed might be known for being calm and docile, whereas barnyard mixes you will never know how the personality might be.

Here are my mixes (they are much older now). #1 is an easter egger x sapphire gem. She always gives me the evil eye 😈
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#2 is a sapphire gem x olive egger.
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I have a few mixes that I ended up giving away, here are some pics of them as a few weeks old.

this one is a light brahma x olive egger
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this one is another brahma mix, he is a brahma x sapphire gem or olive egger
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Purchase Date
they were born in June of 2023
Barnyard mix chickens : pros and cons
Pros: colorful
can lay interesting colors of eggs
one of a kind; nobody else has a chicken like you do!
Cons: can be bad
sometimes broody
you never will be guaranteed on what it will look like
Barnyard mixes are one of my favorite breeds. They are like those wrapped presents that you used to get from "Santa Claus". You never know what you got until you opened it! These gifts unwrap themselves, but it is still very exciting.
Overall, a very good breed for beginners. Only problem is that sometimes you can get bad chickens. But doesn't that happen with every breed?
Shabby
Pros: You never know what you will get when hatching, and hybrid vigor.
Cons: You never know what you will get when hatching.
Self sufficient chickens
Self sufficient chickens
Pros: Fun, unique, pretty, vigorous.
Cons: Random, possibility of polluting the gene pool of a species.

Comments

That's what mine are too, 4 different breeds mixed together, supposedly, but also got a bantam in there somehow..... I'm a firm believer in hybrid vigor in dogs, but don't know how that translates in chickens !!
 
That's what mine are too, 4 different breeds mixed together, supposedly, but also got a bantam in there somehow..... I'm a firm believer in hybrid vigor in dogs, but don't know how that translates in chickens !!
I am so new to raising chickens they don't arrive for two weeks as chicks. I will also start out with 4 breeds getting a Straight Run of 3 from each. I plan to keep a few pure breds each year. I had not thought of keeping any hybrids.
 
My avian vet recommended barnyard chickens if you want a chicken as a pet rather than livestock. He says that when they are raised 'barnyard style' it becomes survival of the fittest, and only the healthier hens and roosters will breed. Without a human selectively breeding the birds to lay more eggs or put on more weight, you are more likely to get a healthy and robust bird.
 

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