Cochin Bantams and Other Poultry

I am not familiar with poultry breeds. I have 8 chickens now and all I know is they keep me supplied with plenty of brown eggs. I responded to a discussion here on MyLot once about the different colors of eggs that the different breeds lay... I am really looking forward to having some of those kinds of chickens. (I got BR in that discussion, hehehe, so it will be easy to find when the time comes. ) I LOVE the sounds of hens contentedly clucking while they roam around the yard!!! It is somehow so life affirming. I also love geese, and would welcome them to my pond, but I mostly just like to watch them and hear them as they fly overhead. I have some chicken stories and some bear stories too, which I have posted around here, but I think this is the beginning of a long friendship, hehehe, so you will have plenty of other opportunities to hear them when I am not so excited that my fingers are tripping over themselves and will not type fast enough to keep up with the words in my head! I don't even know you and I love you already!!!

Hi NekoWashu! Yes, I raise poultry. I have 5 different breeds of chickens: Lakenvelders (Germany), Golden Laced Wyandottes (American, Wisconsin), Americaunas (American/Cuban), Andalusians (Spain) and Dominques (American - the "original" homesteaders chicken!). I LOVE watching them. We have a swing bench right outside the yard and we frequently watch "chicken TV" when we have a chance. They are truly hilarious. I purposely got the Lakenvelders because the look like my cat Delilah. She is white with a black tail and a black spot on her head. She loves to hang out with the hens...but not too close! She will sit in their yard, but sometimes one of the Lakenvelders (Heidi) will decide that Delilah is just a big furry chicken and go over to say hi. Delilah likes her privacy so she will get up to move away...this just makes Heidi move in faster. Soon enough, Heidi is sprinting at full speed chasing Delilah around! It's rather funny to watch! I don't know which is my favorite of these 5. I love that the Americaunas lay green/blue eggs, but only one of them is friendly. The Wyandottes are all mean old biddies if you ask me! My very favorite chicken is one of the Andalusians. They are a small breed and very hardy. Galla likes to jump on my shoulder while I'm in the yard and ride around and look "down" on the other hens! :p And I don't hunt and I can't give you any recipes...I'm a vegetarian!