Chickenology

We call them yellow buffs. But they're another good breed. Cross them with Plymouth Rocks and they make pretty chickens. Some will have the checkered pattern of the PR, but will be yellow like the Buffs.

 

Thanks @Benjamin for this thread. This takes me back to my childhood of seeing dad raising chickens. Oh how I miss him and mom.

 

Yea my chickens free range so they learn to be watchful. I’m having a problem right now with a raccoon who scares the chickens to death.... my dog needs to be more present. And thanks for the tip with Strindberg... will look for the English Gamecocks

 

What we call yellow buffs are Buff Orpington. Got one that has raised three clutches of store bought chicks for us over the years (and gave us many eggs).

 

Exactly. Good laying hens, too. If you can get a yellow Plymouth Rock, what I mean, one that looks just like a PR, but yellow, they’re the prettiest chicken I have ever seen.

 

Nah. She’s getting old. I’ll let her spend her last days at home. We tried joining a dozen more Isa Brown chicks back in March, not sure what happened, lost nine overnight, but three are alive and thriving now. She’s been an outstanding momma.

 

I didn't know the BR and BO had different colored legs. I have been around chickens since I was born in 1971, but didn't know that. Hmmmm.

Getting back to the dommers a second. Apparently they are called barred Plymouth Rocks. I don't know if that is another entirely different breed of PR or just another name.

Picture this chicken being yellow. I can't find a pic of a yellow one. But sometimes you can get a barred Plymouth rock that looks yellow if you cross them with a BO.

 

I have or have had many, many breeds. America has are good birds. Fun to watch free range. Real smart.
Buff Rocks are real docile, not real good free rangers, make good pets.
Welsummer hens are crazy. They are very flighty, very aggressive, and just plain dumb in a lot of ways. They do lay a very dark egg.

My favorite white laying breed is California. Favorite brown is the Buff Orpington. Most of my flock now are mutts. Mixed offspring of Americana, California, Buff Orpington, Plymouth Rocks, Welsummer, Buff Orpington,Game birds, Jersey Giants, brown leghorn, are all in the genetic pool. I have a few polish just for entertainment.
A good rooster is key to having a good flock. Hens all fight when no rooster is around. Rooster keeps them all in line.

 

A Dominicker and A Barred rock are not the same bird. B.R. lays a lot more eggs than a Dominicker.

 

I've not heard of Dominickers, or at least that term. I know there is a chicken called Dominiques, that have the a checked pattern like Dommers.

 

Over the years we have had many breeds. Dommers(Barred Plymouth Rock), Branhams(a white chicken with black streaks down the neck and feather legged), White Leghorns, R.I. Reds, various game breeds(their hens are the best if you want a setting hen), Silkies, BO, BR, Wyandotte, Araucana, New Hampshire, etc.

This is what we always called Dommers(pronounced Dom-ers)...



I guess these are the Barred PR, or also called PR.

Here are Dominiques...



They tend to be lighter in color and their tail feathers seem to be a little different. Plus, IIRC, Dommers have straight combs and Dominiques have rose combs. But I could be wrong on this.

 

Wife had heard that Rural King (where we purchased the chicks) had sold some diseased chicks along about that time, but I've doubts, they were very spunky. My suspicion is they were a little too old to accept being adopted (the adoption process works both ways) and I misjudged the night we introduced the chicks. It appeared the adoption was successful and I turned the heat lamp off to spare the hen from overheating and most of the chicks left the hen during the night and got chilled.

 

A good rooster will take care of 50 hens. Right now, my game rooster has about 30 hens and he keeps the feathers torn off all their backs.

 

I’ve seen them like this before...

 

What breed is that. Looks kind of like an ISA Brown and kind of like a Buff Orpington. More like a Buff.