My 15 year old daughter and my 10 year old son decided to show chickens this year at 4H. I have always wanted some fancy ornamental breed chickens so what better time to check out some new fun breeds? I mean to tell you that you can find more breeds of chicken than you ever knew existed when you start looking, but we ended up ordering from a hatchery called Cackle Hatchery where we found a few breeds that piqued the kids interests.
The above pictures are actual photos of our chicks, the below photos are some that I found of adult versions of the breeds we purchased. My children each got 3-5 of each type of chicken (mostly because you have a minimum you have to order when shipping chicks) and they will grow them out and then decide which ones have the most "show-ability" for the 4H season.
The Polish Chickens are full sized breeds and the others are Bantam sized. It is really neat watching them start to feather out at this point and change from the cute little fuzzies you see above to what will someday look similar to these pictures below.
The above pictures are actual photos of our chicks, the below photos are some that I found of adult versions of the breeds we purchased. My children each got 3-5 of each type of chicken (mostly because you have a minimum you have to order when shipping chicks) and they will grow them out and then decide which ones have the most "show-ability" for the 4H season.
The Polish Chickens are full sized breeds and the others are Bantam sized. It is really neat watching them start to feather out at this point and change from the cute little fuzzies you see above to what will someday look similar to these pictures below.
Adult breed images courtesy of Seely Creek Valley Farm, Cackle Hatchery, Billie Remson, and Horstman's Poultry
