BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS-JUST SAY NO
WHY I DON’T LIKE BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS OR FARM ANIMALS

FIRST OF ALL, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT ARE ENDANGERED OR EXTINCT IS FARM ANIMALS! THAT SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE DON’T IT? BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS AND OTHER ANIMALS IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY!
LET ME EXPLAIN! SCIENTIST, FARMERS AND BACKYARD BREEDERS ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO CROSS BREED SOME KIND OF NEW HYBRID OR BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS OR FARM ANIMALS. THEY NEVER SEEM TO SAVE THE ORIGINAL BREED STOCK SO IT BECOMES EXTINCT! THIS IS A VERY SAD THING TO ME.
I’M GOING TO SAY THIS ABOUT BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS IN GENERAL. WHEN FARMERS AND BACKYARD BREEDER HAVE ADS FOR BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS, DUCKS OR WHATEVER, THEY USUALLY HAVE SEVERAL BREEDS RUNNING AROUND AND MIXING SO YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE GETTING! INTENTIONAL HYBRID MIXES ARE A DIFFERENT STORY ALL TOGETHER AND ARE BRED FOR SPECIFIC USES IN MOST CASES.

AT OLD BIDDY HATCHERY WE INTENTIONALLY CROSS BREED BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS! NOT REALLY, OURS ARE HYBRIDS WITH A SPECIFIC PORPUSE IN MIND!!!
KINDA SOUNDS LIKE I’M BEING A HYPOCRITE DON’T IT? LET ME EXPLAIN WHY I THINK IN SOME CASES CROSS BREEDING IS NEEDED…OLD BIDDY HATCHERY CROSS BREEDS FOR CERTAIN TRAITS WHEN WE WANT/NEED A SPECIAL TYPE OF BIRD/ANIMAL.

I DON’T ALLOW SEVERAL BREEDS TO ROAM AND BREED TOGETHER. ALL OUR CROSSES HAVE A PORPUSE AND ARE CAREFULLY SELECTED FOR THE INTENDED USE IT IS BEING BRED FOR! WE CREATE HYBRIDS INSTEAD OF A MULTIFLOCK MIXED UP MESS.
WE KEEP THE PURE HERITAGE BREED STOCK FOR FUTURE USE THOUGH. OLD BIDDY HATCHERY WILL NEVER BREED OUT OUR HERITAGE BREEDS TO EXTINCTION FOR ANY HYBRID CROSSES. WE MAY BREED HERITAGE BREED STOCK TO GET HYBRIDS FOR SPECIAL USES, BUT, WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PERSERVE THE ORIGNAL HERITAGE BREEDS FOR THE FUTURE OF FARMING AND FUTURE GENERATIONS!!!

THE NEED FOR CROSS BREEDING IS REAL AT TIMES
EXAMPLE; I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING A POND DUCK FOR THEIR FARM POND. RIGHT NOW THE BEST DUCK FOR THAT IS A MALLARD OR A CAYUGA. MALLARDS AND CAYUGAS ROOST ON THE WATER WHERE PREDITORS CAN’T GET TO THEM BUT THEY FLY AWAY IN THE FALL USUALLY NEVER TO RETURN!
WE’RE TRYING CROSSES TO KEEP THEM ROOSTING ON THE WATER BUT REMOVING THE FLY-AWAY TRAITS SO FARMERS AND HOMEOWNERS CAN KEEP THEM AS PETS FOR YEARS. AGAIN, I KEEP ALL MY PURE MALLARD AND CAYUGA BREED STOCK AND JUST SELL THE HYBRID DUCKLINGS TO SEE IF THEY WILL DO WHAT WE NEED AND WANT FOR THE FARMER OR HOME OWNER. I ALSO KEEP SOME TO STUDY AND LEARN FROM MYSELF!
SOME DIFFERENCES IN PURE BRED AND BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS
THE HERITAGE BREED RHODE ISLAND RED WILL LAY ABOUT 250 EGGS PER YEAR OR MORE IN MOST CASES. CLICK HERE
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE RED IS MORE OF A MEAT BIRD AND WILL ONLY LAY ABOUT 200 EGGS PER YEAR. IT ALSO EATS MORE SINCE IT IS LARGER (YOUR EGG COST IS HIGER). CLICK HERE
BOTH ARE CONCIDERED DUAL PURPOSE BIRDS BY MOST CHICKEN PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO BE GOOD MEAT BIRDS AND STILL LAY A GOOD AMOUNT OF EGGS FOR YOUR FAMILY. MANY PEOPLE HATCH THEIR OWN AND USE THE HENS FOR EGGS AS WELL AS THE ROOSTERS FOR MEAT SINCE THEY GET ABOUT 2-3 POUNDS HEAVER THAN THE HENS.
I DON’T THINK BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS PERFORM AS WELL AS PURE BREEDS DO!
MY POINT IS…IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CHICKEN FOR EGG PRODUCTION, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBER AND SIZE OF THE EGGS THEY WILL LAY AND THE DIFFERENCES IN FEED COST TO PRODUCE THE EGGS. AGAIN!!! BUYER BEWARE AND EDUCATED!!!
THE BEST LAYER YOU CAN GET CROSSED WITH A CORNISH THAT ONLY LAYS ABOUT 150 EGGS PER YEAR ISN’T GOING TO GIVE YOU A GOOD EGG TO FEED RATIO SO LEARN YOUR BREEDS AND THEN DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT! EGGS, MEAT OR BOTH?
THERE ARE SOME GOOD DUAL PURPOSE BREEDS OUT THERE AND MANY TIMES YOU MAY WANT TO KEEP TWO OR THREE BREEDS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. YOU AND YOU ALONE CAN MAKE THESE DECISIONS, SO BE EDUCATED AND ALSO KNOW THAT DIFFERENT BIRDS NEED DIFFERENT FEEDS TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN GOALS.
DON’T BUY CHICKENS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE PRETTY OR CUTE. ASK YOURSELF WHAT DO YOU WANT A CHICKEN TO DO FOR YOU?

ANY BARNYARD MIX ANIMAL/BIRD

BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS, DUCKS, GUINEAS OR ANYTHING ELSE IS A BAD IDEA, BECAUSE IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR LAYING HENS AND GET SOMETHING CROSSED WITH A MEAT CHICKEN THEY WILL NOT BE GOOD EGG LAYERS. IF YOU WANT MEAT BIRDS AND GET SOMETHING CROSSED WITH A BANTAM OR A WHITE LEGHORN THEY WILL BE SMALL BIRDS…NOT MUCH MEAT. EITHER WAY, BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS IS KIND OF A WASTE OF TIME, FEED AND MONEY TO ME!!!

I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME TO BUY LOCAL SO THEY CAN LOOK AT THE PARENT BIRDS OR ANIMALS THEY WISH TO BUY. IF THE SELLER DOESN’T HAVE THE PARENTS ON SITE THEN THEY PROBABLY BOUGHT THE BABIES FROM SOMEONE OR ORDERED THEM FROM SOMEWHERE AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM OR WHAT YOU’RE GETTING!!! BEWARE OF SELLERS WHO ARE SELLING SOME OTHER PERSON’S PRODUCT!!!
LEARN YOU CHICKEN BREEDS AND THEIR TRAITS WELL!
I’M GOING TO USE THE TWO PICTURES ABOVE TO CHECK YOUR ABILITY TO SEE THE SOMETIMES VERY SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN TWO SIMILAR BREEDS READ THIS TO SEE THE SIMILARITIES AND WHY. CLICK HERE
THANKS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BARRED ROCK THE DOMINIQUE ALMOST BECAME AN EXTINCT BREED AND IS STILL HARD TO FIND TODAY!
THE FIRST DIFFERENCE (AND THE MOST NOTICEABLE) IS THE DIFFERENT SIZE COMBS. SECOND IS THE DIFFERENT SIZE OF THE BODY, WHICH IS HARDER TO SEE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR. THIRD THE BARRING PATTERN IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THE BARRED ROCK IS A LITTLE LIGHTER IN COLOR. LIKE I SAID…YOU WILL NEED TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK IF YOU WANT REAL PURE BRED STOCK! EVEN THOUGH ALMOST EXTINCT TODAY THE DOMINQUE IS THOUGHT TO BE AMERICA’S FIRST DOMESTIC CHICKEN BREED. SO SAD IT’S ALMOST GONE!
SOME PEOPLE LIKE BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS
I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS WHO LIKE…AND RAISE BARNYARD MIX BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE ODD COLORS AND DIFFERENT SHAPES/SIZES THEY GET.
NOW, IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT, THEN BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS ARE GOOD FOR YOU! I LIKE GOOD LAYING LAYERS AND PLUMP JUICY MEAT BIRDS SO I STICK TO PURE BREEDS.

SAME WITH DUCKS, THE KHAKI CAMPBELL IS A SMALLER DUCK THAT LAYS A LOT OF EGGS AND THE PEKIN IS A LARGER MEAT DUCK WHO LAYS ABOUT HALF AS MANY EGGS AS A KHAKI CAMPBELL. DO YOU WANT EGGS OR MEAT?
TO ME THE BARNYARD MIX CHICKENS RULE APPLIES TO ALMOST ANY FARM ANIMAL OR BIRD…SOME ARE BRED FOR MEAT. SOME FOR FOOD PRODUCTION LIKE EGGS OR MILK. KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND BUY BIRDS/ANIMALS FOR THAT PURPOSE!

FOR INSTANCE, DIFFERENT BREEDS OF GOATS OR COWS GIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MILK WHICH CONTAIN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF BUTTER FAT. SOME ARE FOR MILK TO DRINK AND SOME ARE FOR MILK TO MAKE CHEESE OR BUTTER.
SAME WITH HOGS, SOME BREEDS ARE LARGER THAN OTHERS AND PRODUCE MORE MEAT, SOME ARE SMALLER AND USED FOR WHOLE HOG PIT COOKING.
WELCOME TO FARMING!!! IT’S A LOT MORE COMPLEX THAN JOE BIDEN SAYS IT IS!!!
IF YOU WANT TO TALK, ASK QUESTIONS OR COME VISIT, CALL ME (PAUL) AT 336-449-9574 TO BE SURE I’LL BE HERE. LEAVE A MESSAGE BECAUSE I USUALLY DO NOT ANSWER DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF STUPID IDIOT TELEMARKETERS AND ROBO-CALLS I GET. THANKS, PAUL.