There are so many sex linked hybrids it's hard to keep track sometimes ! The comet is a sex link hybrid cross of, I think, white Rock hens and a new Hampshire cock? The males are white and the females are a washed out reddish buff. The Hamps are crossed with other breds with silver genes like the silver Wyandotte & the Delaware to make other sex linked hybrid production hens. There are others too like the black crosses. The parent stock are of several crosses within their respective breeds mated for high egg production. Not very attractive birds, in MY opinion. If bred amongst each other they will not breed true as they are not a breed, merely a hybrid cross.

I never had any crossbreeds except for those I experiment with but they should make you a good egg production bird. IFor the best economy though, some strain of white Leghorn, such as Pearls, or any of the many other strains, would be most economical

Hi Mabellyn,

Here's a funny story about my experience with "golden comets".

I bought some "golden comet" eggs off ebay two years ago. I had a terrific hatch rate but was a bit confused, the chicks were colored white, red and splash (mix of both). I kept an open mind but did e-mail the ebay seller and he told me this was a 7th generation comet! lol! jokes on me, as fanci mentioned they are a hybrid cross of a white rock and new hampshire red, this guy was not very bright or honest, he stopped selling on ebay shortly there after.

So obviously, the chickens were not sex linked at all, they were mutt chickens that had horrible temperaments, needless to say I learned my lesson about buying eggs off unknown "breeders". Now I do a little homework before ordering eggs, I pay more, but I've been really happy about the quality of chicks that hatch.

-Sheila

Hi Mabellyn, I have not heard of this breed but I am kind of new to chickens. I had them when I was young mostly leg horns. But now I have Delawares and Plymouth barrred Rocks and wanted Austrolops but they sold out of those the first day they had them in. I might get two at another feed store.
I have planted some seeds for the chickens to eat. I got them from a place called Peaceful Valley Farms in Grass Valley CA, THey sell only organic stuff even organic feed. I know from years ago that the chickens would eat everything green in their cage even with pellet feed or seeds. So I am planting this in the large fly pen for them and will swithc with a gate to anohter fly pen so I can rotate the crops and let them grow while they eat the other one. I was in the grocery store a month ago and saw the price of eggs that went from 1.89 to 3.09 and thought, I could have my own chickens and have fresh eggs even if it cost me a little more. I had seen on 20/20 program once that stores send back the eggs that expire and the places put the old eggs in new boxes and gave them another date. With those prices for 12 eggs ( By the way that was the cheepest eggs ) that might not be very fresh I cant wait unitl i can make an omlett. THey tell me they taste so much better but I had eggs from a friend with chickens and I Could not tell the differece. BIll C

You will not taste a difference in eggs from home-raised chickens and factory raised (IMHO) unless the farm raised chickens are truly free-range. Not only do they get a huge selection of greens and seeds but also a large variety of protein from bugs, worms, frogs and mice.

The color of the yoke of free range eggs is much darker. When we do have to buy eggs from the store we call them anemics...lol.
I don't have any experience with golden comets.

Well I guess I'm going to try 6 Golden Comets and 6 Buff Orpingtons. We are going to make a large enclosed pen for our chickens. I lost 4 to a hawk last summer. This is all very new to me. So far I'm loving it. Thanks for your comments. Any advise to this newbie is appreciated .
Mabellyn

i have had the golden comets before & i loved them , they are great layers. the best i have ever had.planning on getting some more asap.

I've raised chickens for many years and the comets are my good old standards. They are a calm and gentle chicken with good dispositions, they lay extremely heavy and reliably. They are on the small size for their output so are thrifty to feed but still produce nice, large brown eggs. They are also a nice tasty meat chicken. I have tried other breeds but haven't found any I like better than my comets. And the plus is some of them will go broody and sit.

I can sure tell the difference between home and store eggs, whether the home birds are free ranged or not. For one thing the yolks stand up at attention. They might not be dark yellow like a free range, but the diet a home raised chicken is on isn't computed out to feed as little or cheaply as possible yet still produce an egg. Neither are they lit for their entire productive lives and not allowed to take a rest from egging when nature says they should.