I am strongly thinking of trying this breed this year. What is the difficulty feeding them? I thought it was a breed trait that they were good foragers?
MrsK
I am not thinking of fighting off so much as alert to danger, hiding or blending in, or just being aware so as to disappear into the foilage. I do love to let mine out and about to forage, and will go spells without getting hit.
I once has a red and green EE rooster, and he was so alert, that...
I have been considering adding the Buckeye's to my flock, hoping that the dark red coloring would blend into the prairie and reduce predator losses. I have tried various colored birds, I really liked the Delaware breed, but that white stood out like a flag of surrender.
I thought with what I...