Pros: thrifty birds and inexpensive to purchase chicks
Cons: roosters are very domineering
Love the look of these birds and how they can survive anything! The roosters seem to want to own any and everything. Maybe not for small, small children? But entertaining and efficient users of resources.
Very inexpensive compared to other colored egg layers. I am very fond of my rooster as he sits on the porch railing and waits for me to put him away at night. He is submissive to the other breeds of roosters I have had. The hens lay pretty eggs that are large. I wish they were more standardized and could be shown with the APA.
