Reviews by annabelle12

Delaware

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Pros: decent layer, good forager, goofy
Cons: vocal, loud
My Delaware hens have grown on me. They are good birds, they just tend to make a little more noise that the rest of my flock, especially as young pullets. Maybe not the best choice if you need quiet birds. Harvey Ussery writes about how this breed has been degraded from its original greatness though, so if you got a bird of better breeding, not hatchery chicks like I did, maybe things would be different.

Buckeye

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Pros: pea comb avoids frostbite, very inquisitive, excellent forager
I only have one buckeye hen, so that is a small sample, but I think she is great. A bit of a loner, I thought she might get ganged up on, but she holds her own, and is always off investigating something. She has also caught and eaten snakes, voles, and mice.
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