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Jubilee Orpington
$25.00 Read moreJubilee Orpingtons Chickens are a rare color pattern of everyone’s favorite chickens, the sweet and personable, Orpingtons. The Jubilee color was developed around 1897 by crossing a Buff Orpington and a Spangled Old English Game Chicken and aptly named after the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. They are still very rare here in the United States. Like all Orpington Chickens, the Jubilees make great pets due to their calm and friendly disposition. They are also great layers of cream-brown colored eggs, laying approximately 3-5 each week. They are round and fluffy in appearance, are clean-legged, and have a single comb. Hens are also broody and make great mothers.
- Purpose: Dual purpose
- Production: 150+ light brown eggs a year
- Temperament: Docile
- Mature Weight: 8 lbs
- Hardiness: Cold and Heat Hardy
- Broodiness: Setter
- Comb Type: Single Comb
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Salmon Faverolles
$25.00 Read morePeople own Salmon Faverolles for their silliness and their steady egg production. These bearded beauties are great docile birds that are very friendly. The breed originated in France and became the premier meat and egg laying breed at the Paris market in the late 1800s. The salmon color is the most prominent in Europe and where they are available in the U.S.
- Purpose: Ornamental
- Production: 180 Medium Light Brown Eggs/Year
- Temperament: Docile, Friendly, Calm, Quiet
- Mature Weight: 4-5 lbs.
- Hardiness: Cold Hardy But Not Heat Hardy
- Broodiness: Occasionally
- Comb Type: Single Comb
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Welsummer
$25.00 Read moreThe Welsummer hen lays large eggs which are a terracotta dark brown, often with dark speckles. It is a light, friendly, and intelligent breed, with rustic-red and orange color. Like the Marans the Welsummer tends to be more athletic, taking to foraging and free ranging more often than other breeds.
- Purpose: Dual-Purpose
- Production: 250 Large Speckled Brown Eggs/Year
- Temperament: Docile, Active, Friendly, Vocal
- Mature Weight: 5-6 lbs.
- Hardiness: Cold and Heat Hardy
- Broodiness: Occasionally
- Comb Type: Single Comb
