I wish they had better personalities. they are so pretty. but they are picking on the other chickens I had with them to the point I had to separate them. they were pulling their head feathers out.
Pros: sweet temperment, gorgeous plumage, pretty eggs. What more can you ask for?
Cons: might not make the best table bird...not terribly meaty. don't stand up for themselves.
Honestly, they are great birds. We have 2 boys freeranging together and neither one has ever gotten the least bit aggressive with us and they are very polite to their girls as well. No missing feathers at all from mating. They dance and if the girl doesn't crouch they just go away and look for another girl. The dominant doesn't like the other one mating his women, but there has never been any blood. The girls are sweet but don't really enjoy being picked up and coddled too much. but they are friendly enough on the ground. I had a pair go broody and gave them some eggs and they did fine with them and teamed up to raise the chicks...They did develop a bit more of a backbone when protecting the chicks against the other hens but always allowed me to reach in and inspect them with complaint but no serious pecking.
I have hatched out about a dozen of them and they have been vigorous, healthy chicks that hatched a day early with good fertility. But my girls are from a completely different line than my boys so might have more hybrid vigor going on. my adults have been healthy as well. (knock wood)
Mine don't weigh enough to make a decent table bird, but seriously: who would want to eat them???
