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Black beard the Salmon Faverolle photo bombed me trying to get pictures of the fayomi.

Here’s the fayomi I was talking about. Sorry the pictures kind of suck. She’s a tough one to get close to because she’s such a chicken.

Th This is our first flock so the wife ordered a bunch of Different breeds that way we can see what we like and don’t like. I like all of them that’s the problem I don’t know which ones to get rid of lol. It is a very fun addition to the homestead. I want add some Icelandic next year there is a...

After I looked that up your absolutely right that totally what he is. We have a female too

We only have the two rooster Dominique so I don’t think they will lay much for us lol. We have a 2 barred rock hens though.

I didn’t get a picture of the Egyptian bird. It’s definitely a Fayoumi though she’s a spitting image of hens online. I thought she was a rooster because her tail feathers stand straight up. Then I googled it and she’s definitely a hen. She is very skiddish so she wasn’t down with the other...

Chickens are great! So far my favorite to watch and just hangout with. I love breeding rabbits but they aren’t near as entertaining as chickens. I would HIGHLY recommend everyone that can have chickens should get chickens.

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Here’s some pics

So as far as which roosters to keep, what would you suggest? The Dominique are definitely going in the freezer they are buttheads to all the other birds. We have 19-20 hens so I was thinking of keeping 2 or 3. The Steele egger is a designer hybrid with a Afro rockstar hair do. They are tiny...

Thanks everyone, I need to work harder on being on here I enjoy everyone’s tips and conversation. Life just gets busy and I forget to take time to do some of the little things that make me happy like posting on here. Good to know about them all being dual purpose breeds. Buster was a great...

It was a little bit stricter on the wolves when they first were introduced. Now you can buy wolf tags over the counter in most counties. And a rancher can take them if they are attacking livestock. He still has to call fish and game after the fact but the population of wolves has exploded...

My bad the fayomi is a hen. So she will stay in the flock.

Fayomi chicken

Oh and that Egyptian thing. Neither one of us remember his breed. I’ll try googling it.