Amber Star Hybrid chickens

These are Amber Star Hybrid chickens they are beautiful and good family pets.

Pros:

“Great layers, pretty docile, beautiful”

“Lays lots of eggs, great personality, not aggressive, hardy”

Cons:

“Sometimes almost to friendly!!!”

“these little guys can fly!”

 

The Amber Star chickens are good to be kept as pets. They can be very comfortable with people, though they can be flighty as well. Because they're flighty, they can get annoyed when people try to pick them up. To play with them is to run with them and watch them keep flying. It would seem as if their only goal is to fly off a fence.

Amber Stars are a superstar in egg-laying. At most, they can lay eggs for up to 300 a year. But they say that on the first year of egg-laying, this breed can lay eggs for up to 320 eggs. Some breeders have been able to witness extra large egg sizes that weighed in at 139g.

A hybrid chicken based from Rhode Island Red, the Amber Stars have soft feathering. Perfect in egg-laying, this breed is a good and worthy keep. Add to that its being playful and friendly, this breed would definitely be a chicken for keeps. 

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Ancona chickens

The Ancona is a breed of chicken which originated in the Marche region of Italy, but which was bred to its present type mainly in the United Kingdom in the 19th century. It is named after the city of Ancona, capital of the Marche. It is popular in Britain and the United States, but uncommon in Italy; an initiative to re-establish it in its native area and preserve its biodiversity was launched in 2000. There are also Ancona bantams.
The first Ancona chickens were imported into England in 1851, and selectively bred there for regularity and consistency of the white markings in the plumage. In 1880 a breeder named Cobb showed a group. Some birds were exported from Britain to the United States in 1888. Rose-combed Ancona chickens were first shown in Birmingham in 1910.
In the United States, the single-comb Ancona was recognised by the American Poultry Association in 1898, and the rose-comb bird in 1914.
The Ancona is a good layer of white eggs, of which it lays an average of 220 per year; the eggs weigh 50 g or more. Hens have little tendency to broodiness; pullets may begin to lay at 5 months. It is a typical Mediterranean breed, rustic, lively and hardy. Birds range widely and take flight easily.
The plumage of the Ancona is black mottled with white. Approximately one feather in three has a v-shaped white marking at the tip. All primaries, sickles and tail-feathers should have white tips. The black feathers may have a beetle green tint. In Italy, blue mottled with white is also recognised in full-size birds, but not in bantams. Australia recognises a Red variety, with a chestnut to red bay ground colour.
The legs are yellow mottled with black, the beak yellow with some black markings on the upper mandible, and the eye orange-red. The skin is yellow, the ear-lobes white or cream-coloured. The comb is of medium size, with five well-marked points; in hens it should fall gracefully to one side. In the United Kingdom and in the United States, but not in Italy, a rose comb is permitted.
Cocks weigh 2.5 to 2.8 kg (5.5 to 6.2 lb) and hens 1.8 to 2.1 kg (4.0 to 4.6 lb);ring sizes are 18 mm and 16 mm respectively for full-sized birds, and 13 mm and 11 mm for bantams.

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Andalusian chickens

These are Andalusian chickens. they are great family pets.
 Blue chickens from Andalusia were imported to England no later than 1851. The creation of the "international" type of Andalusian, with blue-laced plumage, is attributed to the English, whether in Andalusia or in Britain. Two breeders in particular are thought to have started this process, which took many years: one named Coles, from Fareham, Hampshire, and a certain John Taylor of Shepherd's Bush, in west London. Andalusians were shown at Baker Street, London, in January 1853; they were not included in the original Standard of Excellence in 1865.
 Andalusians reached the United States in about 1850–55, and were included in the first edition of the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 1874. The breed arrived in South America in 1870, and was first shown in Germany in the same year. A bantam was created in the 1880s.

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Appenzeller Spitzhauben chickens

Hi everyone this a Appenzeller Spitzhauben chicken they are adorable, I love them.
 The Appenzeller is a breed of chicken originating in Appenzell region of Switzerland. The Appenzeller comes in two varieties. The Spitzhauben, meaning "pointed hood" (which comes from the frilly hat worn by the women in the Appenzeller region in Switzerland. Brought to America by a doctor who successfully introduced the breed for the long term here) has a V-comb and feather crests in males and females. The Barthuhner ("bearded hen") has a rose comb and no crest. Both types appear in either black, golden spangled and silver spangled plumage. They are mostly a show breed, but are decent egg layers. Today the breed is largely an ornamental one kept for showing, but it lays also a respectable quantity of white eggs. It is a light chicken, with hens weighing an average of 3.5 lbs (1.6 kg) and roosters 4.5 lbs (2 kg). Behaviorally, it is an active breed that doesn't do well in tight confinement, can forage well, and will roost in trees if given the opportunity. In North America, it is very rare and is recognized officially by neither the American Poultry Association or other breed registries. The silver spangled Spitzhauben is the most common variety found abroad.                                                                                                                                                           

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cornish chickens

Hi everyone sorry I have not blogged in awhile, because we have been busy.
The Cornish is a breed of chicken from the county of Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Cornish chickens, as well as crosses of Cornishes, are the most-used breed in the chicken meat industry. The breed was developed by Sir Walter Gilbert, 1st Baronet around 1820. It was accepted by the American Poultry Association in 1893. It is a large, stocky breed, and is often crossed with other breeds to enhance meat production. There are two variates, the Cornish Game and the Jubilee Cornish Game. The Cornish Game is dark blue - green in color, with brown patterning on the hens. Jubilee Cornish Game are much lighter, and less stocky than their counterparts. They are usually light wheaten in color, with light brown patterning. 

 

 

Cock	3.86 kg	10 lbs
Hen	2.57 kg	5.7 lbs
Cockerel	>1 kg	>2.2 lbs
Pullet	>1 kg	>2.2 lbs

Bantam Variety Indian Game

Rooster	2.0 kg	4.4 lbs
Hen	1.5 kg	3.3 lb

Idaho

Hi everyone, I have been wanting to post a blog about Idaho. It is awesome here. It has a lot of Frost on the trees. We are still moving in. 

We have four goats (Elsie, Rosie, Happy, Daffnie.) They are really cute, and tame. Elsie is pregnant and due any day! I am so excited.

In Idaho

We are in Idaho now. We are living with Shyloh until our house is available. Our chickens are so happy. While we were here I found a wild black kitten, and gave it to Shelbie. Shelbie loves it and she named it "Sammy." We miss everybody in California. We hope to come down in November. I took a pic of a rainbow the other day, and of Sammy. Sammy is much bigger in real life, he just looks big in pictures. Then I took a pic of my happy hens. Sorry about the mess in the backyard! I also took a pic of Minnie our chick.

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