by Jennifer Floyd
| There are a few chickens I just
keep around for fun - some as layers (most of my other fowl have eggs
being saved for incubation), some as foster mothers (there is nothing like
a good broody for hatching and raising chicks, and only small hens can
rear pheasants without squashing them), and a few old birds who have
earned their retirement. I've always liked blues, so most of these are
blue; I am in the process of breeding bantams (frizzled Cochin X Silkie
crosses) into a special blend of Easter Egg (mixed Ameraucana) stock
from a friend, who breeds them for docility and egg color. I hope to
eventually have a standardized breed developed from these birds. The name
for this breed is California Daisy, and I hope to combine a blend of fancy
and practical traits in a light weight laying fowl. |
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These two hens are representative of the breeds being combined - the frizzle X Silkie on the left, & the Easter Egg hen on the right. Basically, I want Silkie structure & pigment (5 toes, dark skin, turquoise lobes, feathered legs, small crest, beard & muffs) with frizzled feathering, colored (blue-green) eggs on a 3 1/2 - 4 lb. frame. |  |
Proposed Standard (written description) |
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California Daisy History |
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poem - Free Range Flock |
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poem - Hatchery Chicks |
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poem - The Yellow Hen |
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