Over the summer, I was in charge of quite a large number of water fowl - approximately 50 (and growing with all the baby chicken litters) of various breeds of chickens and hens, lots of ducks who were all very scared of me :( and a bunch of turkeys plus one very mean pair of geese - a couple who were inseperable. I learned a lot from that job, one that all of those birds make quite a mess and boy does it smell nasty. The worst was over the summer when it was so hot that I was just miserable since nothing was shaded in the coop - when the eggs would explode in the hot sun. I won't even go into details about the way that smelled. Anyway, the positive experience I had my first day with these chickens, were that they loved people and they equated people with food but that they were also very friendly and it was so easy to interact with them and start to care about them, as a pet almost, something I had never experienced. I didn't eat chicken for months after that first day. Some individuals were so happy and friendly, that they would walk up to me wanting to be petted and they are so soft, and their feathers are so beautiful.
So because this blog literally focuses on ALL species of animals around the world and my experiences with them, I like to keep up to date on all of my animal knowledge and working with the chickens just benefits me as a pet sitter and I know that when i move, it will be good that I do have experience with farm animals, as there is a lot of country and farms on the outskirts of Portland downtown. It was a great experience and I would love to have it again. So here is a great website I found that finally answered my question: how many breeds of chickens are there and how many different colors/patterns/sizes/shapes do they come in?? YOu can take a look here: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html. :)
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