The Poultry Keeper

lucy · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 4

Could somebody please help us.We have just bought our selves four chickens,two blue comets and two red rockets.Any information on these breeds would be appreciated and if they are good egg layers.Cheers lucy.

richard · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 258 Location: somerset

Wow

never heard of those.
Anyone else know?

alexa · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 336 Location: wiltshire

i havent either! Rolling Eyes

i reckon they are hybrids so would lay well, im guessing tho, except for that i wouldnt have a clue!

lex

richard · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 258 Location: somerset

Sorry,
welcome to the forum Lucy Very Happy

mojo · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject:

hi lucy where did you buy them from their names are unkmown to me

lucy · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 4

Thanks all for getting back to me. Got them from garden poultry in Kingsley Cheshire. Only got them this am seem to have settled well have to see how we go on regarding eggs, they very pretty and i like them which i suppose is all that matters.They have gone to bed im going to not with them i hasten to add night Lucy.

lucy · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 4

Thanks to all got them from Kingsley in Cheshire, they have settled well which is all that matters,don't tell hubby thinking of getting few more would like couple of ducks also. will keep you all informed.

nigel · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:06 am Post subject:

Garden Poultry have a website here

As the comets and rockets are not listed under their breeds section. My assumption is that they are hybrids. I'm guessing bluebell/ranger types.

Lucy, as hybrids I would expect them to be hardy and good natured probably starting to lay between 20-22 weeks. I would also expect them to lay 300+ large eggs per year.

Nigel

PS welcome to the forum

mojo · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:09 am Post subject:

lucy welcome and beinvenue from all of us ..can you post a piccy of your birds........best of luck.you realise you are addicted now...to chickens i mean

Aussie Chick · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject:

How are you getting on Lucy?? and Welcome.

Lisa · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 8:55 am Post subject:

They're hybrids. I seem to remember some adds in the poultry mags for a range that look very simillar to the meadowsweet hybrids. Don't know if its the same ones, but I found these at "Good Life Poultry":

PS the "click for larger image" won't work unless you go to their website...

lucy · Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 4

Thanks for the pics,yes they my girls. Big day today got my first egg i was so excited boiled egg and soldiers for tea.Egg was laid outside nesting box any ideas why?. Can someone please tell me how to add similes, i bit thick with this computer lark ,but enjoying the girls and reading all your letters thanks all Lucy.

Aussie Chick · Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject:

Congrtatulations on the first egg! Yumo...Soldiers...The first is always the best. Sometimes it takes a little while for the Chicken to know where to lay the egg.

George · Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London