OK folks - I have to practically start over with my chickens after the [View all]

Great Raptor Massacre of 2011 (being in a migratory fly way does have its drawbacks!)

I'm really looking for some hens that will set eggs - I've never had a self sustaining flock. Right now my list looks like this -

5 each of

Buff Orpington
Austrolorp
Speckled Sussex
Buff Laced Polish
Silver Spangled Hamburgs
Mille Fleur Banties
Partridge Rocks.

I plan on ordering 1 Austrolorp Rooster. The Banties are straight run, the rest will be pullets. I generally receive a free rooster chick as well.

I have about 10 older hens, two Banty Buff Cochin roosters and a Dark Cornish rooster.