Should you choose Hybrid or Heritage chickens? What's the difference?

[@ramshackle9876]

You are a great resource for us new chicken owners. I've been really encouraged by your videos. Thanks!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Wow, thank you! Best wishes to you and your chickens 🙂

[@ml.5377]

Our first chickens were Criollas or Creoles (mutts). Great layers. Then we received eggs from a friend and got Silkies and Araucanas (rumpless). After that came the Bantam Cochins, the Sebrights, Paduanas and an Ameraucana rooster. He loves the Cochins so we got some gorgeous green layers from their chicks that lay a good number of eggs and we learned about cross breeding. We now have a broody Silkie and some Black Copper Marans chicks we hatched in the incubator... Chicken math is awful. We have 4 coops and closed runs.... We are about to get some Speckled Sussex, British Araucanas and Faverolles. It is so much fun to learn with chickens.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Ha ha! That chicken math will get you every time. They are like an addiction but we never want to be cured 😀

[@whoaracehorse670]

Your videos are the best!!!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Aww, thanks so much ☺

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

This was fun to watch! Great video!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks. I wasn't happy with the picture quality at the beginning and end - I think the light was too dim - it was early morning.

[@vickyannpaintingwithoils]

@@chickensinmygarden Picture quality maybe less than usual, but information and beautiful chickens still great! Love the coop yard!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks so much 🙂

[@nicoleshrout9393]

I just got my first Salmon Faverolle! We love her!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Mine is a couple of years old. She still makes me laugh. And she's probably my friendliest chicken.

[@faltio69]

Very good video Sheryl! I had a few Golden Sex Linked - which are the “Egg Machine” they lay eggs year round which was great, but they petered out fairly quickly, and they just withered away and died 😞. Being they were pets it was sad so we prefer the Heritage breeds we have more time with them, they live longer, but they do take a breaks during the winter which is ok for the years of pleasure they give us. Enjoy Fall!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks for that. Yes we do get attached to them don't we. I'm here in the southern hemisphere here in New Zealand so we are heading into Spring. All six of my heritage breeds are in full lay, so - scrambled eggs, bacon-and-egg pie, and omelets are back on the menu. And homemade icecream soon ☺

[@ItzRyann_]

Hi Sheryl,it's been awhile,thanks for the info it really helps alot 😊

[@chickensinmygarden]

It has been,🙂 I'm behind schedule

[@evelynrogers7145]

Agree

[@barbsdee3831]

I’m getting 3 Buff Orpingtons in October, I’m so excited. They’ll be about 12 weeks old (pullets). I live in the uk 🇬🇧

[@chickensinmygarden]

How exciting! Orpingtons are such gorgeous chickens! I love their rear ends 😀

[@jenniferc871]

Your faverolle chicken is very cute! She loves to talk. My 2 Ancona chickens are also tame and very talkative.

[@chickensinmygarden]

She is especially cute. But as you know, they are all wonderful 🙂

[@45auto]

I agree 100% on the need for biodiversity.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@OkikaHawaii]

I’m getting back into chickens since my childhood. I’m also getting a degree in ag so I can eventually be a poultry/avian veterinarian.

[@chickensinmygarden]

That's wonderful! The world needs more chicken vets! They are almost as scarce as hens' teeth 😄 You might be interested in this very intermittent blog from Mike The Chicken Vet mikethechickenvet.wordpress.com/

[@RichieRich845]

👍 Thank you, that was very informative like all your other videos.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you, and thanks for watching 🙂

[@chickendotz8366]

Your channel is the best. so imformative

[@chickensinmygarden]

Aww, thank you so much!

[@ScaryFear]

Aww I love your video. I love how you show footage to go with what you talk about and explain. I can't stand when you see an interesting thumbnail and it's just some vain person in the camera the whole time. I love the chicken you painted on the egg box too. And your faverolle is a fluffy sweety. Faverolles are my faves.

[@chickensinmygarden]

She's the only Faverolles I've had. Just watching her walk makes me laugh 😀

[@ScaryFear]

@@chickensinmygarden Faverolles are amazing. Mine follow me around. One comes to the window and looks in every day. And the talk a lot.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Mine isn't very good in the egg department but she contributes in other ways

[@pseudopetrus]

Love your videos! Thank you so much!

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank You!

[@clerydesigns729]

Thanks so much! Heritage versus hybrid any day although hybrids are so sweet and tragic and readily available. It’s difficult to obtain heritage breeds (at least here in the UK) but worth the effort and travel.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Exactly! Best wishes 🙂

[@duboislegacyfarm]

I’ve learned so much from your channel. Thank you. ❤🐓

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@user-le6mx9gf6z]

Great. Video. Thank you…

[@chickensinmygarden]

Thank you 🙂

[@victoriasun6386]

Thanks for the video we have bylines and we get eggs almost every day

[@chickensinmygarden]

Those hy-lines are Laying Machines!

[@YeCannyDaeThat]

I have a conundrum. Which is likely to make the best "pet" for children. A buff Orpington bought as a pullet which hasnt been handled much but a know good pet breed. Or as a hybrid chick which can be raised by humans from very early?

[@chickensinmygarden]

Well, there isn't a simple answer to that question. A great deal depends on the individual chicken and what your expectations are for a "pet". Certainly I have found that the hybrids are never shy and will always run up to any human (hoping for a treat). But even with the three I have now, all from the same batch and raised together, one is more reserved and independent than the others. But running up and pecking at your clothing might not be what you want in a pet. The Orpington is likely to be calmer and slower, so better for a young child. No chickens enjoy being picked up and carried around like a teddy bear. Some will tolerate it. Silkies and some bantams have a reputation for this but you would need to talk to the breeder of that particular line of birds about how their birds react to it.

[@YeCannyDaeThat]

@@chickensinmygarden Thank you for the quick and thorough answer! As long as it's still possible to bond from pullet stage (treat training etc) I think we will go for the Orpingtons as pet / egg laying happy hens.

[@chickensinmygarden]

@YeCannyDaeThat Yes absolutely. It's not necessary to raise a chicken from hatching to get a friendly chicken. Chickens can recognise individual humans (and chickens) and will relate to you according to her learned experiences as well as inbuilt instincts and personality.

[@michellebarbour5777]

Wouldn't it be great, in the U.K, at least, if all those mowed areas behind and around high rise blocks of flats, where there are signs ;'No ball sports, no running, no animals', could have diverse chickens in healthy runs, compost heaps and water butts. Gosh, I'm trying, but it's tough.

[@chickensinmygarden]

"No ball sports, no running, no animals". So maybe fruit trees? Vegetable gardens? Have you heard of guerilla gardening? 😉

[@michellebarbour5777]

Yes! A little group of us are always throwing about some seeds.Hollyhocks, Dill, mint and potatoes all over the place. I love that it feels a bit naughty - small pleasures over 60..Ha! @@chickensinmygarden

[@chickensinmygarden]

That sounds wonderful!

[@b0n3bag54]

I have a question i was cooking eggs and found a fat white thing in my food after i already ate it is it a worm or like chalaze it was stringy too😢

[@chickensinmygarden]

It sounds like chalazae. The fresher your eggs are the more likely you are to see the chalazae.

[@b0n3bag54]

@@chickensinmygarden Thank you so much I was worrying😖

[@yzettasmith4194]

The commercial hybrids have a short life span with reproductive tract disease and other health problems. I want a chicken that will lay steadily over more years rather one that burns out by the time they are 2.

[@chickensinmygarden]

Yes, me too. The big companies don't care - they replace those poor worn out hens at about 18 months old.

[@BeHarpazoReady]

Yes you're correct. We only have one brown shaver left out of a flock of four. Spent a fortune keeping them alive. Our last one is 5 years and we are her flock now. She lays all year round and averages three eggs per week. God bless and maranatha 👑

[@chickensinmygarden]

They just lay their little hearts out 😘

[@victoriasun6386]

Hylines

[@pamelarichardson428]

She must be a 1st grade teacher.