I love that! Methuselah-kaja!
It's been a bit of a rodeo around here with all the massive amounts of snowfall, the great brain pain incident (he's mending well), and so on and so forth. I hope things are going well for you back yonder? Oh! I know what I was going to ask you! What is your all time favorite chicken breed? (You are probably like me and have more than one, but I know you are into domestic fowl and such and I would love to know such things!)
!PIZZA
All-time favourite chicken breed, hmm...
Let's see, Ameraucanas for eggs (and entertainment value), blue Cochins for brooding (Smokey has set thrice this past year), and Delawares for meat, though that last one is just my personal preference. Most other breeds I've tried have been either too tough or too fatty, and chicken fat makes me sick - literally. I have an old black Australorp rooster that I will cook in a pot full of wine for Christmas, we'll see how that turns out.
BTW, I don't know if I told you, I have 13 guineas now. I'll share a bunch of pictures soon, and maybe even a video. I'm still waiting on my neighbour to send me some video she took of them.
Ooh, I have a had all of those breeds and totally agree! The Delawares are so hardy too, I love that! My last laying hens were all Ameraucanas and I just adore their personalities, and Cochins are lovely as well. Dangit! I am going to order a batch of laying pullets here soon because it's time to bring in new layers, and honestly I was just going to get a heavy layer assortment of pullets just for fun, but definitely wanted to pick your brain a bit as I know you enjoy flock-keeping.
And I absolutely adore German War Helmets too (what my mom calls guineas lol). Can't wait to see the pics of them, we used to have eight here on the farm, I love those noisy little beasties and their eggs are pretty tasty too!
!PIZZA