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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Our move to Idaho

Hi everyone this is Poppet, surprisingly I am not writing a post about chickens. I am doing this post to tell you guys, we are making a move to Idaho Wednesday September 2nd, and I am just asking for prayer. It is going to be hard leaving everything we know here. Our house is sold, and we are looking at a house in the middle of country, and city. So please be praying for us. We will hopefully be coming to California twice a year, to visit people.   I know that Jesus is with us so we have no need to be afraid.

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Leghorn chickens

Hi everyone today I am going to write about the leghorn, this is a leghorn rooster, he is proud and beautiful. 
Leghorns are good layers of white eggs, laying an average of 280 per year and sometimes reaching 300–320. They have a good feed-to-egg conversion ratio, needing around 125 grams per day of feed. Leghorns rarely exhibit broodiness and are thus well suited for uninterrupted egg laying. The Leghorn is a light breed that matures quickly; it is not considered a viable meat producer. Leghorns are active and efficient foragers. They typically avoid human contact and tend to be nervous and flighty.
Due to their prolific egg-laying, they are preferred by laboratories for embryonic and avian biological research.
The origins of the Leghorn are not clear; it appears to derive from light breeds originating in rural Tuscany. The name comes from Leghorn, the traditional anglicisation of Livorno, the Tuscan port from which the first birds were exported to North America. The date of the first exports is variously reported as 1828, "about 1830" and 1852. Initially called "Italians', they were first referred to as "leghorns" in 1865, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The breed was included in the American Standard of Perfection in 1874, with three colours: black, white and brown (light and dark). Rose comb light and dark brown were added in 1883, and rose comb white in 1886. Single comb buff and silver followed in 1894, and red, black-tailed red, and Columbian in 1929. In 1981 rose comb black, buff, silver, and golden duckwing were added^.
The breed was first introduced to Britain from the United States in 1870, and from there re-exported to Italy. White Leghorns that had won first prize at the 1868 New York show were imported to Britain in 1870, and brown Leghorns from 1872. Pyle Leghorns were first bred in Britain in the 1880s; gold and silver duckwings originated there a few years later, from crosses with Japanese Phoenix or Yokohama birds. Buff Leghorns were first seen in Denmark in 1885, and in England in 1888. 

This is a mother leghorn, and chicks.

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Araucana chickens

Hi everyone, this is a Araucana hen, she is super cute. Down below is a adorable chick, and a handsome rooster.
When the Araucana was first introduced to breeders worldwide in the mid-20th century, the genetics that produced tufts were recognized to also cause chick mortality Two copies of the gene cause nearly 100% mortality shortly before hatching. The tufted gene is dominant, however. Because no living Araucana possesses two copies of the tufted gene, breeding any two tufted birds leads to half of the resulting brood being tufted with one copy of the gene, a quarter being clean-faced with no copy of the gene, and a quarter of the brood dead in the shell, having received two copies of the gene.
In the decades to follow, most breeders took one of two tacks—either to preserve the old style of bird, or to breed out the tufts while increasing productivity.
In 1976, the first standards for the breed were accepted by the APA, conforming to the traditional style. This was followed, in 1984, by a second standard for the "improved" variety.

Approximate weight

Rooster	2.7–3.2 kg	6–7 lbs
Hen	2.3–2.7 kg	5–6 lbs

Bantam Variety Aracuana

Rooster	740–850 g	1.6–1.87 lbs
Hen	680–790 g	1.5–1.75 lbs

Pecking with Poppet - meet speckles

Hi everyone I am sorry that this got done really late, I am finally getting to do "Pecking with Poppet". Today I am going to do Speckles.

This is Speckles she is my partridge silkie, she is super cute, her head is super poofy, so some times I have to put a pony in her hair! ( the feathers on her head.) She loves to eat grape leaves, and oatmeal. She is super sweet, and she loves to be held. She is also a mama because she hatched three chicks, two of them are Ameraucanas, and one is a Easter egger. The Easter eggers name is "lilly" witch turned out to be a boy, so we had to bring it in. The Ameraucanas were, maddy, and missus penguin, maddy was a boy to so we had to turn her in to. Then when missus penguin was a baby she was dropped on her head, so she went blind from brain damage, and soon died, the sad part is, she was a girl, our only girl.

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Ameraucana chickens

This is a Ameraucana hen on eggs, she is ADORABLE, and pretty. They make awesome mothers, and good pets. The Ameraucana is one of the few chicken breeds to lay blue eggs. The Ameraucana has a tail and is muffed and bearded. The earlobes are small and round, the wattles small or absent; earlobes, comb and wattles are all red. The shanks are slate-blue, tending to black in the Black variety. The earlobes are small and round, the wattles small or absent; earlobes, comb and wattles are all red. The shanks are slate-blue, tending to black in the Black variety.

Weight	Male: Standard: 6.5 lb (3 kg) Bantam: 30 oz (850 g)[1]
	Female: Standard: 5.5 lb (2.5 kg) Bantam: 26 oz (740 g)[1]
Egg color	Blue in various shades
Comb type	Pea

This is a Ameraucana rooster, he to is cute. They make good fathers.

 These adorable little things are Ameraucana chicks. They are so adorable.

Delaware chickens

This is a picture of a male and female Delaware chickens. They are very sweet birds, and they are easy to tame.  With males weighing 8.5 pounds (3.9 kilos) and hens 6.5 pounds (3 kilos), the Delaware is a medium sized breed.  Delawares appear in a single color type: a white body and breast, with light black barring on the ends of the hackle, wings and tails. It is similar to the Columbian color seen in some breeds, but has barring in the dark portions, rather than uniform black.  Like most standard breeds of chicken, the Delaware has a miniaturized bantam version; however, these are rarely seen. Delawares are hardy birds that mature quickly. Hens are good layers
of large to jumbo brown eggs and will go broody. Unlike the most common commercial meat birds in use today, the Delaware does well in free range operations.

Approximate weight

Rooster	3.9 kg	8.5 lbs
Hen	2.9 kg	6.5 lbs
BANTAM
Rooster	32 oz
Hen	28 oz

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Rose comb bantams

This is a Rosecomb   bantam hen she is beautiful and tiny, she fits in one hand.The Rosecomb is a breed of chicken named for its distinctive comb. Rosecombs are bantam chickens, and are among those known as true bantams, meaning they are not a miniaturized version of a large fowl. Rosecombs are one of the oldest and most popular bantam breeds in showing.An ornamental chicken, they are poor egg layers and not suited for meat production.  The Rosecomb is one of the oldest bantam breeds of chicken. The earliest surviving records of the breed are from the 14th century in Britain, though it may have another point of origin. Males generally weigh 570–620 g (20–22 oz) and females 450–510 g (16–18 oz)Rosecombs are good fliers. They are also usually friendly birds, but males may be aggressive. 

serama chickens

This is a picture of a Serama hen she is so cute. Seramas are much like other Bantam breeds. After laying an egg it takes around 19 days for the chicks to develop and hatch. After hatching, it takes about 16–18 weeks for the chicks to mature and reach the point at which they themselves can begin laying eggs. They are the smallest breed of chicken in the world.
The chicks are adorable, and  small.The eggs are about the size of a quarter.

          

 

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Plymouth Rock chickens

This is a Plymouth Rock hen, she is beautiful, and adorable. Plymouth Rock chickens are a popular type of breed, and are very friendly. They are layers of brown eggs. They are great mothers. I have a pet hen that is a  Plymouth Rock that looks like the hen in the picture above, she is very tame and beautiful.

colors

 

• Barred
• White
• Buff
• Partridge
• Silver Penciled
• Blue
• Columbian
• Black

Approximate weight

Rooster	3.4 kg	7.5 – 9.5 lbs
Hen	3.0 – 3.4 kg	6.6 – 7.5 lbs
Cockerel	3.6 kg	8.0 lbs
Pullet	2.3 – 2.7 kg	5.0 – 6.0 lbs

 

Rhode Island Red chickens

This is a picture of a Rhode Island Red hen, she's beautiful, and adorable. She reminds me of layea my pet Rhode island red hen.
 They are raised for eggs meat and pets. They are smart chickens.They lay brown eggs their first eggs are always brown, but their first eggs are always tan.  Hens lay 5–7 eggs per week. The bird's feathers are rust-colored, Rhode Island Reds have red-orange eyes, reddish-brown beaks, and yellow feet and legs. They are also very friendly and curios birds.

                  

	Other names Rhode Islands Nicknames RIR Country of origin USA Use Dual purpose layer breed Traits Weight Male: 8.5 pounds (3.9 kg) Female: 6.5 pounds (2.9 kg) Skin color Yellow Egg color Brown Comb type Single
treats they like

1. Oatmeal

2. Corn

3. worms
4. insects
5. watermelon 6. grape vines

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Deleted posts

Hi everyone!  Sorry, but I accidentally deleted some of my posts, so I am going to start over on "Pecking with Poppet" and on chicken breeds.  I will soon be back on track with the posts. As you see I already posted two of them.  I will hopefully be blogging everyday, because I love blogging about chickens so much. I also like researching, reading, and learning about them. And also watching them. They are really cool to watch.

  

These chickens are really pretty. If you want to see really cute chickens then go to: cute chickens.com, and if you want to see pretty chickens then go to: pretty chickens.com.

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Sussex Chickens

This is a Sussex hen and rooster they are much like Plymouth rock roosters, and Delawares (color wise.) They are mostly used for meat. Sussexs have single combs. The hens are good egg layers, and lay brownish eggs. They are also very friendly and sweet. They as you can see are very pretty. The hen and rooster are very much alike in fact they look exactly alike. The chicks are so cute looking and very easily tamed. They prefer to be free range than to be locked up.The chicks are usually colored like the chicks below. They are popular garden chickens, and have a bantam version at 1/4 size; the bantams may be any of the eight colors. Sussex chickens are colored: Brown, Buff, Light, Red, Speckled, Silver, White and Coronation.They are so beautiful, and again very sweet
  
Approximate weight

Cock	4.1 kg	9 lbs
Hen	3.2 kg	7 lbs
Cockerel	3.4 kg	7.5 lbs
Pullet	2.7 kg	5.9 lbs

Bantam Variety Sussex

cock	1.5 kg	3.3 lbs
Hen	1.1 kg	2.4 lbs

                                                                                                                                                                    

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