Our Chicken Breeds

[@monykalynf3604]

Our Salmon Faverolles are almost like dogs-talks to you, follows you everywhere. have also found they are super curious, and pretty smarty-one day forgot to open pop door to run/nesting box and big coop door had blown shut-she couldn't get in to lay her egg-raised a ruckus and when we took too long to investigate came and raised a bigger ruckus at back door and pecked door-when I went out she ran to coop! smart girl knew she needed her human!

[@michaelward9880]

I keep Speckled Sussex. Looking maybe to get a flock of Dorkings together. Great birds!

[@michaelward9880]

@@HomesteadChicken Dorkings are an Engish breed like the Sussex. They share the same temperment as the same genetic lineage. The also have five toes. Red Dorking Roosters are dazzling in color. I bought my flock in late July. Very nice birds and pretty rare in the US.

[@FLMegan]

Do you find them to be broody- im hoping not.

[@michaelward9880]

@@FLMegan No, not so much. Wellsummers and Marans are. I've had them all.

[@jedeo299]

Thank you for the nice video! My favorites are speckled sussex personally

[@HappyWifeAcres]

We like the speckled sussex too! We have one named Sassy. She's always very friendly and curious.

[@67mysweet]

Wow! You have quite a few different breads! Nice! I have Road Islands, Barred rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Americanas, Speckled Sussex, Buckeyes, couple production Browns, that are good egg layers. I love all my girls some sweeter than others!

[@Glendaramos_]

Really nice video guys . Thank you

[@sariho4955]

So many chickens. Nice

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Thank you! And thanks for visiting.

[@CFarnwide]

It’s interesting hearing other peoples experience with different breeds. Our Easter Eggers are not a bit flighty at all and lay nearly daily. I’ve heard other folks say Rhode Island Reds are aggressive but we had a flock that were as friendly as could be. The one consistency seems to be Speckled Sussex. Always friendly and relaxed which has been our experience as well.

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Absolutely! We've found that EEs seem to get friendlier with age. And so many say RIRs are aggressive, but we've had several roosters who have all been sweethearts!

[@CFarnwide]

@@HappyWifeAcres I’ve wondered if localities could affect breed traits? Most of the aggressive RIR I’ve heard of are from the East coast. Here in the west they all seem to be very docile. I don’t know, I just find it interesting 😎

[@lilolmecj]

My Easter Egger is a good layer, but so flighty! I had six, one of the six was extremely smart and friendly. She figured out if I was working in the yard I would uncover bugs, and she would come running and stay right there all day. She was very flashy colored with a great crest. I named her Trumpy.

[@CFarnwide]

Our flocks figured out a shovel means tasty worms and other treats. Its almost impossible to get any garden work done. I have to try and secretly get the shovel out and sneak over to the garden boxes 😂

[@Pays2Win]

I have reds, black stars, sexlinks, silkies, and australorps and my Easter egger is by far the smartest bird I have. Like you said, she’s always by my side when I’m in the yard doing work, especially when I’m digging holes. Awesome bird.

[@lilolmecj]

@@Pays2Win I loved my Trumpy, I still miss her. I have 2 barred rocks, about 4 months old. Damn hawk got one, but the other 2 have become pets because hubby hand feeds them treats.

[@cautiondonotsubscribe.1199]

your Mrs. is so cute hehe.. God bless her

[@debbiebueltel1985]

Thank you for showing off your babies! I have Silkies (2), Rhode Island Reds (3) and a white leghorn! I am going to be adding to my flock in a few days and you gave me some information that I needed.

[@BecomingME]

My rhode island reds are not very friendly to new comers

[@allatifsofia1662]

Great information just had to subscribe, thank you 😊

[@maggiefischer9941]

Thanks for the info. We just brought Lavender Orphingtons home.

[@RB-zf3qh]

Like the collections of different breeds.

[@cactusray3368]

We plan on getting chickens for our suburban backyard this coming spring and want to thank you for such an informative video! I think we are going to start with Buff Orpingtons and Black Australorps, since they seem friendly, calm and quiet. We would go with all Buff Orpingtons, but we think the addition of Black Australorps will give us more eggs.

[@randastorer3773]

I throughly enjoyed this video. Thank you.

[@ivanflores2670]

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO

[@jonijoseph4438]

Thank you I’m just getting back into having a small flock. You helped me decide who to choose

[@wtfisthisp00]

Great video

[@pondfish_]

Waaaw so much variety.

[@thathomesteadfamily5200]

Loved seeing all the breeds. We’re just getting back into chickens. Currently have about 15 different breeds.,

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Outstanding presentation! Thanks for taking the time to show and describe each one of your beautiful girls!

[@petermoore7139]

Cool chickens. I've got 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Easter Eggers, a Rhode Island Red and a Black Australorp.

[@FleetwoodPatch]

How does your Red do with the rest of the flock?

[@petermoore7139]

@@FleetwoodPatch Good. I recently just got 2 new chickens. An Easter Egger and an Olive Egger.

[@watchmanonthewall3852]

Great video... Wish you could've shown the eggs produced by the different breeds...Thanks!

[@TaraBeaverCoronado]

Could you do a video on what you do for your health check? What you’re spraying on them? And how often you do it? 🤷🏼‍♀️ I know that’s asking a lot 😅

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Thanks for that. Good idea. For now, I’ll describe what we did. We physically picked up the every bird to look them over. Some got sprayed with an animal friendly mite spray. We separated out “old hens” for processing a few days later. Roosters got spurs removed (and the hen too!). We checked for foot infections. We removed poop stuck to butts or feathers. Each one got counted. With help, it took about 4 hours for 325 birds.

[@nicoledoyle1926]

@@HappyWifeAcres What is used for the mite spray?

[@rosesmith6208]

I found the best way to tame the flighty ones is remember why they that way it is simply fear, just sit with them feed them just hang out with them over time they will initiate contact with you. never force a interaction, that just scares them more. my hamburg I had no idea how to tame so I didnt try,now she is way more trusting of me, and sometimes jumps onto my shoulder and looks me in the eye. she is so cute. my others are the same the more you interact but dont force it the tamer they become.

[@bradpayn8058]

Yet flighty birds will still be flighty. It's not that you can't tame a Leghorn or Easter egger just as you've said, I've done it too, it just takes more of what you said and for longer with certain flighty breeds. You can tame a wild Pheasant or a cottontail if you spend enough time with them, but they'd still be flighty as compared to something like a puppy. Then you have to consider the value of your time, and how much time you have to convert your most flighty egg producers into pets or how much time you could have saved if you wanted pets by just starting with Orppingtons or Australorps

[@motogem1408]

I agree with you! I have 2 Easter Eggers and they are so sweet! One is certainly the top of the pecking order and layed her first egg at 4mo. She is very smart as well as my other Egger. I also have 2 silver laced Wyandotte's which one is flighty and the other will jump on your shoulder whether you are ready for her or not. The one that is very friendly is another one who started laying 2 weeks after my egger at 4mo. Then I ended up getting one Rhode Island and a black sex link/ black Star. They are 2 weeks younger then the other 4. They are both flighty and stick together. But everyone of my girls follow me everywhere I go. They even try to run in the house with our dogs. I watched one of my wyandotte's running back and forth with my dog(doberman pinscher). So I think every chicken is different and it absolutely helps when you sit with them and have a little time to hang out with them.

[@desertfarmcompany7408]

Beautiful video

[@MrMauricio9068]

Excellent job 👏 👍

[@sleeptighttonight8140]

great video

[@davidjalof77]

Very informative thanks

[@erikaperroni610]

Thank I just came across your channep very nice the princess chick n breed is new for me thank you !

[@megannicole1076]

Awesome video.

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Thanks!

[@anitawilkerson8092]

Nice show.

[@brendaboles3875]

Great informative video😊!

[@pindiboysfancyhanpoultryfa7619]

Nice video from Pakistan

[@laurie8166]

Loved it !!

[@GinasBeautyReviews]

Great video! Just curious, what are you spraying on them?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

We spray a permethrin solution. Kills mites and parasites.

[@bettylongshore9594]

I just love chickens!!!! I'm with your wife!!! We just added 6 Barred Rock pullets and 6 Amber Link pullets to our flock. Well, actually, they are in the brooder box, but one day they will be added to be the big chick pen!!!! What were you spraying on your girls in the video? Just curious. Thank you for this great video showing a variety of breeds!!!!!

[@JUSTINandKADI]

Welsummers have single combs as well. The major difference is egg color between them and the Brown Leghorn.

[@paulbenson4809]

Enjoyed hoping to get buff Orpington when I get set up

[@phenixjiraliving]

I really like this video. So many chicken breeds and great info to go along with them.

[@rebeccawatson9284]

Thanks for the information!

[@victorm7274]

8:05 I have 15 silkies hens and 2 Silkie roosters and I can tell you with out a doubt they do NOT lay white eggs. They lay small shinny light tan eggs. P.s love your variety of hens. 👍

[@ToddAnderson-wy3yc]

I really enjoyed all the breeds i also love having all the different breeds .

[@teegee5231]

Great video. Thanks for sharing . Would love to see more of your hybrids .

[@farkleberry471]

The first one you showed looked more like an Ameraucana --they have the blue/slate-colored legs, whereas the Eastereggers have yellow legs.

[@SLC-Smudge42]

Awesome vid. Thanks for taking the time!

[@thedwightguy]

You're in a pretty brutal windy area. I'll bet the winters are pretty brutal , too? For birds, it's not the cold. It's the damn WIND. My dad had Barred Rocks (larger than him) in nw Ontario and winters could get two weeks of minus 55 below and colder. but wind i snot an issue, like Oklahoma. Have a photo of dad from 1927 with his birds.

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Winters aren’t too bad but we get spurts of very cold temps, then it warms up the next week. So very sloppy most of the time. Same with wind. Gale force winds then calm. The birds survive though.

[@johnjames5842]

I have Cuckoo Maran hens , love em, dark chocolate eggs, med-large eggs , I get 5-6 eggs per day from 5 hens except in winter , sweet chickens , pretty quiet, fat birds , do well In Texas heat with a fan or swamp cooler and no problem in winter.

[@telsclark]

5to6 a day from 5hens? So one lays 2a day?

[@UsmanFaraz854]

Thank for sharing your experience about chicken breed. You are nice couple stay blessed and live happily 😊😊😊

[@helenrong5292]

All your chickens are healthy and beautiful I’m wondering where did you get them?I want a chicken farm just like that. Thank you

[@ginawebber5426]

Awesome video! What are you spraying them with?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

We use permethrin. We buy a concentrate and mix it into spray bottles. Controls mites and other parasites.

[@Goldsberrylilgrowers]

Great video! What are you spraying them with? Some type of preventive treatment? I’d so, how often do you do it?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

We spray them with a permethrin solution. It kills mites and other bugs. It can be applied weekly and in the coop & nest boxes.

[@Goldsberrylilgrowers]

@@HappyWifeAcres thank you!

[@CaptainAmerica-jw2xh]

Beautiful chickens!!

[@aliberry1553]

Thank you so much.

[@GRazaVlogs1]

From pakistan love poultry farming

[@lynnlamont3485]

Do you have any Barnevelders? If so, any info on them?

[@jmmarshall5492]

My Buff Orphingtons are good layers as well as friendly. I have a Partridge Rock, also a good layer, but not as friendly as the Buffs. Do you have any Mille Fleurs?

[@Donnybrook10]

eggers not friendly? we have 7 and they are among the most sociable and friendly we have. I often have morning coffee in the coop and they immediately jump onto my knee to visit. Maggie and Hattie like to jump onto my back and ride around on my shoulder when I'm working in the coop. Love them.

[@HappyWifeAcres]

That's great. We have some friendly ones too. It always surprises us. They just aren't known for being super friendly, like an Orpington. We also notice that the high-strung birds get much calmer as they age.

[@chikidee101]

hello quick question could you guys show your bantam breeds?

[@lynnlamont3485]

I'm leaning toward Speckled Sussex and Black Australorps. For looks and temperament, I like the Salmon Faverolles and Buff Brahmas. I also like the Wyandottes, especially the Columbian, the Splash, and Silver.

[@catlinhollow]

It depends on the hatchery line you have for the general bird temperaments. My Easter Eggers have always come from Townline Hatchery, have not been flighty, have the most curiosity and personality, are not bullies, lay 5 or 6 eggs a week from February through November, rarely go broody and molt fast. My Wyandottes have never been flighty and are always friendly. They are poor summer layers, but phenomenal winter layers.

[@HappyWifeAcres]

That's good to hear. We have found that the flighty birds really mellow as they get older. Our best behaved and friendliest birds have always been ISA Browns. They seem to follow us around like lost puppies.

[@cadwyn8002]

Great video thank you for sharing

[@beydeytwins5952]

loe watching your video

[@just_ducky_acres7561]

Yes, have some!

[@joeyansley7277]

We used to have some mongrel Easter Eggers and I swear they laid through the winter

[@Losbitiboys4441]

Hi what the spray you use on the chickens

[@AcreFarm2147]

What are you spraying on them? Very nice flock!

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Nikki, it's a spray similar to permethrin. I can't remember the name but it's in the same category. When it runs out, we'll go to permethrin. It's safe to use on poultry when mixed and used correctly.

[@chermarie332]

Thank you! Very informative!

[@kathyntexas1350]

What is the spray you used?

[@susan4789]

Which rooster breed does (not) pick on or bully the hens?

[@cheryldahl9192]

I love chickens!

[@volpegregori5348]

thank you

[@libitard]

What are you spraying them with? Does this help with the mites, and coats?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

It’s a permethrin spray. Controls mites and other parasites. We buy it concentrated and mix our own.

[@TuanLe-ko5rm]

I want everything!😊

[@NectarPot5534]

I have a silver laced Wyandotte, she's friendly but very annoying at times. She's super flighty and also is VERY hard to catch

[@alimustofa2067]

👍👍👍

[@howdydoughty7634]

My Easter Eggers are very flighty but also very strange they keep to themselves and fight with each other when they get around the rest of the flock.

[@technagesh1993]

So beautiful chikan

[@shannonfbc1]

Omg your copper maran also like to land on heads lol I thought that was unique to our miss lolly

[@RNDanaGay]

What were you spraying on them. I keep seeing videos that say not to get them wet. The other day my Brahma was panting because she was too hot. I gave her some frozen melon and ice water and it helped. Does it hurt to spray them with water?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

The solution in the bottle is a Permethrin solution. We use it to control mites and other parasites. Permethrin is commonly used on farms and can be ordered online or found in farm stores. Chickens regulate their temperature when their feathers are dry. Wet feathers trap heat and will kill your chickens in hot weather. The Permethrin spray evaporated quickly and it was a cool spring day. We use fans in hot weather, and make sure there's plenty of shade and placed to dust bathe. Definitely don't wet down your chickens!

[@zakpage902]

I have Australorps for chock shows

[@kimsherlock8969]

I would be interested in the following . Introduction of full grown Hen to an array of finding ones place in the established hierarchy . Female chickens having to compete find a place or die. I think possibly the dominant were the hardier from constent dependability breeding or layiing eggs The expensive breeds 🤔 mainly breed for beauty 🤔 can not compete in a peaking order environment. That is why they are rare farmed chicken or cooped.

[@shippsurbangarden323]

What are you spraying on the Chickens

[@HappyWifeAcres]

We use a permethrin spray to control leg mites and other parasites. It doesn't harm the chickens.

[@shippsurbangarden323]

Glad you responded, I have a question about Roos. It appears that when I ordered some Australorps and Black Copper Marans which are now only a little more than two weeks old I received one rooster of each. How can I ensure that they remain Docile?

[@kl1958]

What hatchery do you get your chicks from?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Most of our new chicks are hatched here on the farm. We buy a few unique breeds from Rural King, which is mostly Hoover hatchery. For meat birds, we order from Myers Poultry in PA. www.myerspoultry.com/

[@yoesaysaw6843]

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[@Losbitiboys4441]

Im in Kissimmee florida and want a wyandote chicken but camt find them so 😔

[@muhammadasghar4934]

Sir u have for sale these chickens ?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

We do not sell any live chickens.

[@VictorRodriguez-rd5xl]

Very nice birds guys thank you for showing us different breeds..happy farming God bless 🙌

[@purwa2585]

I ❤️ spekled Sussex

[@constancehardin5655]

I have 1 white legends an she is the friendliest chicken I have She was one of my first chickens so I guess I spoiled her she runs to me every time she sees me an sits on my knee.

[@nithinsurendran1609]

Can we get fertilized eggs to india

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Sorry, but we do not ship any of our products. Try contacting a local farm near you.

[@248tabish7]

Can you delivered in Pakistan

[@248tabish7]

@@HappyWifeAcres can you delivered the fertile eggs

[@playgroundfarms7321]

Actually each Easter Egger hens will lay different eggs colors, not just blue eggs. Also, Easter Egger is considered a mix breed chickens.

[@shannonfrericks1124]

Strange my wyandotte are calm and not flighty at all.

[@justinaibe2079]

❤

[@juanitabeaudoin2746]

Astrolorp?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Australorp. Can’t go back and change things on here once they are published.

[@jdavidmoore7153]

Show quality brahmas are twice the size of that hatchery one in this video

[@LuhvSimon_]

I love my welsummers,laced wing,buffs Orrington,easter egg lay not the other one she's a big flyer and a jerk but,my cochen,road island red,and sussec she makes the best pet ❤ she has a name she was born to be called Little foot because of her little foot you know but it was my gramas and the other ones got killed by the uhm Bob cat and we has the prettiest chicken Everhart name is angel and she is like a black Tanish White and a pure white butt cone lol its a thick and with a hole in it lol,we has barney the chicken she is super sweet but annoying,and the we brama btw the wellsummers names are Puddles,Dino,Chica(she passed),berrii,apples,Riley(I'm thinking about beans as her new name),we had 10 now 9but the cochens names are Freddy and Heather,every single one of my 31 chickens have a name but I can't forget about the turkey Sheran :D

[@fridaalanis4599]

I saw the intro and I said I think I should yeah and guess what i did😂

[@playgroundfarms7321]

I know you both have been to APA shows .One question why are you showing mix breed chickens and Poor quality birds from Poultry hatchery mills. I have exhibition buff Orpington chicken breed and exhibition Mottled Java chicken breeding groups .

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Congratulations on your show-quality chickens. We raise chickens for completely different reasons: eggs and meat. The majority of our followers do the same. We attend the annual Ohio National Poultry Show because we love seeing all the different poultry. We wouldn't know the first thing about how to show a chicken. We don't control breeding and we let our chickens roam where ever they want to go. The intent of the video was to show people different chickens and talk about general qualities of temperament, color, egg quantity, eggs size, egg color, and bird size.

[@playgroundfarms7321]

@Happy Wife Acres I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be rude .I had buff Orpington chicken and Rhode Island red , even brown leghorns and other breeds of poultry hatchery mills. Even president of Murray McMurray's hatchery, none of the so-call dual propuse chicken breeds are not a good meat birds .Also look up exhibition Rhode Island red from Cackle hatchery has poor quality Rhode Island poor quality birds. Look up Sustainable Poultry Network KZbin videos and Responsible Poultry breeding . Even APA judge Jim Atkins say poultry hatchery birds are not really good dual propuse chicken breeds. I butchered some so-call dual propuse chicken breeds. Not again, I finally found exhibition buff Orpington chicken and exhibition Mottled java chicken breed for my small homestead. Only thing poultry hatchery birds are good for laying eggs, and you barely get good 2 yrs eggs production. I had 9 yrs old Silver Sussex hens laid eggs for my family. Every other day . I been raising poultry since I was 5 years old. I'm 55 yrs old. I had a guy in middle Tennessee use someone's else's exhibition Rhode Island red for hatching eggs. I had sent me real a real pictures of his Rhode Island Reds. They were poultry hatchery birds .

[@playgroundfarms7321]

Thanks for your response back .

[@HappyWifeAcres]

No doubt that a lot of quality of lost in the mass production of backyard chicks. But our humble little farm appeals to backyarders getting started and raising food for their family. We teach the full life cycle from hatching to processing. We don't raise chickens specifically for meat, but because of our education programs, we hatch hundreds of chicks each year, so we have to eliminate the roosters and old hens. And that helps pay for their feed and lets us teach. We admire the people like yourself that meticulously work to get stronger lines of chicken breeds. By the way, you were right; that was a Wellsummer. We watched the video again from 2 years ago. We had both at the time and I just didn't notice the earlobe.

[@jesseg6708]

Why spray them?

[@HappyWifeAcres]

Some of the chickens get scaley leg mites, which get under their leg scales. This happens more as chickens age, sort of like us humans have a harder time fighting off illnesses. We spray them with a permethrin solution to kill mites and other parasites. We spray throughout the year as necessary, but during health check day in the spring, everyone gets inspected and treated.