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What are some good breeds of chicken for me to get?

My husband and I currently live in an apartment, but plan to move to a house with a decent amount of property, once I graduate and find a job. We will likely live in a temperate climate, so cold hardy is not a must. We want chickens who can provide eggs, fertilizer, and pest control for a garden. We also want chickens that are friendly and make decent pets. If we get them when they are chicks, we might not know if they are male or female, so knowing that roosters of a particular breed are friendly, is important. We also are not interested in breeds that look too crazy or ridiculous (see picture for example http://www.mypetchicken.com/images/chickenPix/large/Studio_WSilkie_649_L.jpg). We like barred rocks and Road Island reds, but we don’t know anything about other breeds, and I don’t know if barred rock roosters are friendly or not. We plan on having children and would like the chickens to also be pets for them to enjoy.

Buff Orpingtons or Pekin Bantams. Buff Orpingtons are a large and generally friendly type of chicken that will get along with you fantastically well if you raise them from chicks or point of lay. There are many different colours of orpington and the best clours to have are Buff, Black, Blue or White because they have not been mixed much with other breeds of chickens, this is better for their personality. Here is some pictures of them

Buff: http://freespace.virgin.net/hillcroft.chickens/quartet_Buff_Orpington.jpg
Black: http://freespace.virgin.net/hillcroft.chickens/quartet_Buff_Orpington.jpg
Blue: http://www.freewebs.com/professorchickenhasmorebreeds/orpingtonhenblue.jpg
White: http://www.pagespoultry.co.uk/images/chickens/white_orpington_hen1.jpg

Pekin Bantams are also good pets, they have the personality of the Orpingtons but they are much, much smaller!

Here is a picture of them,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/gogleddorllewin/bywyd_bro/sioeau/images/lavender_pekin200.jpg

http://www.chrisjoneswildlifeart.com/Card%20pics/images/Ltd.Edition_Print_-_Young_Pekin_Bantam.jpg

http://www.poultrymad.co.uk/images/pekins/LavPekins.jpg

Hope this helps, and if you need anything else, just email me!

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