5 TIPS on choosing the BEST Chicken Breed You! Heritage Breed Chickens

Which Chicken Breed Is Right For you & your homestead?? Heritage Breed Edition

If you are just beginning raising chickens or just beginning a homestead, then choosing a chicken breed for your backyard or farm or homestead can be confusing! So here is a video of a few tips on how we chose our chicken breeds...especially the old heritage breed chickens, which we prefer on our family homestead.

*TIPS: (Choosing the right chicken breed)

-Decide what you are wanting your chickens for,: Eggs, Meat, Dual Purpose, Show, etc.

-Find a chicken breed that thrives in your climate

-Are yours going to be free range chickens? So do you want a chicken breed that is a good forager or not

-Figure out if you want a broody chicken breed or not

-Temperament, do you want a very friendly chicken breed

-Does Egg Color & egg size matter?

Here on our farm, we only try to grow the old heritage breed chickens...we are especially fond of the ones on the critical or threaten list, but you do not have to raise those breeds. The hybrid breeds are probably the best egg layers out there, & the same can be said about the meat breeds, because the hybrid meat chickens, like the Cornish X are the most efficient meat bird you can grow.

And not all heritage breeds are crazy or flighty! Just typical the really old ones are, but just look for temperament, it will say if they are friendly or flighty.

I hope these chicken breed tips were helpful for when you are deciding on what chicken breed is best for you!

And thanks for watching, Choosing chicken breeds. Tips on how to pick the best Chicken Breed for You!

Have fun raising chickens! And also have fun hunting and picking the best chicken breed for you & your family!!!

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**Chicken Breeds We Raise(Heritage Breeds)**
Blue Andalusian
Wellsummer
Rhode Island Red
Ancona
Sicilian Buttercup
Golden Campine
Buckeye
Leghorn
White Rock
Brahma
Sussex
Wyandotte
Plymouth Rock
Araucana
Maran
New Hampshire

-Lots of resources out there on picking a chicken breed, but here are a few that we like:
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My Pet Chicken(Good place to purchase rare breeds):

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--Few Hatcheries we have used:

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[rebeccareed]

I loved hearing Mary Carl naming the chicken breeds

[kaocazbaubo]

Storey's always offers excellent information and photographs. One day I'll have chickens again.

[bethanyfields]

This was incredibly helpful, Jason! Thank you!

[lisabooker]

Your daughter is precious! I just wanna hug her to pieces! Her little Alabama drawl is heavenly. “This isa cheeken!” she’s perfect! I love Little people. They are pure joy! (Well most of ‘em! Hahahaha 😂)

[teresahix]

Lord I could just kiss MaryCarl. So precious!!❤❤❤

[chuckandmax]

I’m watching you grow up little farm family 🧑🏼‍🌾👨🏼‍🌾👩🏼‍🌾🐔🐔🐤🐤🐣🐣🐥🐥

[onedazinn]

Well I have been so frustrated; been flipflopping on choosing chicken breeds this year...seeing your daughter hold the Speckled Sussex, Wellsummer, & Buckeye sold me as your pix were way better than the hatchery websites. She did a fine job :) Thanks for a practical, cute video.

[mark-ntpg]

Just found your channel and am so thrilled. Your videos are Great!

[MidwestGardener]

Great tips. I might have to check back here if we ever decide to pull the trigger on getting some.

[mountainsidefarm]

Good info!! I’ve had chickens for years and never knew there were so many types. I like the Golden Comets and Easter eggers.

[gxhdhshhsjshsjsj]

Oh they are so beautiful! She is so adorable! great info!

[bryanavey]

I knew you had listed the hatcheries you've used (I was looking for that info)...can't believe I missed this video, good one!

[WaitWhat]

Omg your girl! 😍 her accent when she said “hen” omg 😍😍😍

[WORMGITTER]

I was looking for Penny! MaryCarl is the expert!

[chopwoodfarm]

We love your flock. We want one like it! I like a big chicken, like our Buff Brahmas. I really a huge Jersey Giant. Mama likes the bantams and the Silkies. We need enough space to grow a big flock. Thanks!

[PAPATexas]

I've had the rock chickens before. Very good video my friend.

[TheCanadianGamer-ps]

awesome tips papa texas sent me i subbed :)

[trevorstolz]

Question for you: Are heritage chickens, being better foragers, good at destroying ant hills? I'd like to get a geodesic dome chicken coup (ziptiedomes.com) that I can move around the yard so that they are basically free range but still have them protected from predators. But ... I do have three ant hills on my property. I was wondering if I put their movable chicken coup on the ant hills if they will destroy those ants once and for all .... (the queen is a big juicy ant, right?)

[bufordchambers]

What's your opinion on the American Bresse chicken bree?

[kalnayfarmstead]

Great tips. What's your opinion on the flavor of the different meat birds? Do you have a preference?