The official favorite DU chicken thread:

[hedgehog]

You choose, I like all of these

[Kaleva]

1. I'd suggest the Golden Comet breed

They are not aggressive birds and are good meat birds and excellent egg producers.

They are hybrids though and mating a Golden Comet rooster with a Golden Comet hen will not produce Golden Comet off spring.

My former wife and I had a dozen of them and their egg production didn't slack off much during the very cold winter months.

http://avianaquamiser.com/posts/Golden_Comet/

[LynneSin]

2. I see you like your cocks big!

Ok you know someone was going to go there

[NightWatcher]

3. The San Diego Chicken

[Kaleva]

4. Looks like they'd be easy to feed if one lived near a day care center.

[geardaddy]

5. I love seeing these at the MN State Fair

[Denninmi]

6. Depends on the purpose?

Ornamental/pets/show, versus egg production versus all purpose/meat and egg production, all kind of different uses, so different breeds are required.

For egg production, I really like my ISA Browns. They're 3 (well, pretty sure, it's hell getting old, I can't remember!) and still were laying well until about 2 weeks ago when they entered moult. But, I've read they tend to not live long because they are such egg machines and it's hard on the body.

[Wait Wut]

7. Cooked.

Preferrably Popeyes.

[EastTennesseeDem]

8. Why are there no corn flakes on any of them?

That one would get my vote.

[KamaAina]

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[turtlerescue1]

10. The Rhoade Island Red.

Those brown eggs,and the general disposition of this breed.

Last time I had a rooster, he was a Red, and named him "Kellogg" because he gave me his best every morning.

Thanks, with all that is going on, its a joy to think about chickens.

[hobbit709]

11. My favorite kind of chicken is this

[Major Nikon]

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[Jamaal510]

12. Cow and Chicken:

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[mikeytherat]

13. I say, I must say that ya'll fuhgot one, son:

mikey_the_rat

[hedgehog]

16. We never had one of those, but we did have one of these:

Lassie used to hide around the corner of her shed, wait for the hens to gather around her food dish, then run out barking. The hens scattered in panic, and Lassie would sit there laughing!

Lassie looked like this dog:

[pinboy3niner]

14. The kind with Buffalo Wings

Is it a chicken or is it a buffalo? Who cares?

[Arkansas Granny]

15. I'm rather partial to the Buff Orpington, myself.

We used to have an old hen around the place. She had quite a personality. She ruled the roost, literally, and even kept the dogs in line. Her coloring was just a little darker than the one you have pictured.

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. Japanese chickens -- so bizarre yet so erotic-tic-tic-tic-TIC-EEE!!!!!

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[pinboy3niner]

18. And how could she resist your sense of style and smooth moves?

[DinahMoeHum]

20. Whatever Henery Hawk (the chickenhawk) likes. . .

"Of all the kinds of chickens in the world, I have to catch me a Plymouth Rock"

[Odin2005]

21. Breaded with cornflakes and deep-fried.

[hedgehog]

22. We have a winnah!