I haven't, but I have only heard good things about her and her chickens. Friends of some other breeders I know and surely not a scam. Live chicks or eggs? Also keep in mind that even with the best seller eggs may fail due to any number of handing issues during shipping, I have bought from all...
agree on a 20% or so like a gamebird starter for the first 3 months.
I raised my last two groups on a 29% turkey starter because i had them co-mingled with some slow growing chickens. It was too much.
The Barbezieux are fast growing and i don't think you want them growing too fast it may...
there are probably a dozen recipes, all in French. when I can translate a few I will share. they raise and serve barbezieux and la fleche
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1090988-d1836203-Reviews-La_Ferme_de_La_Ruchotte-Bligny_sur_Ouche_Cote_d_Or_Burgundy.html
i hope this is ok. i scanned a picture from a cookbook from "La ferme de la Ruchotte" reported to serve the best chicken in France..
i was thrilled to see how they looked just like my own, hens with big floppy combs and rectangular bodies.
they can either have a big upright comb or a comical one both are ok, there is no standard. i love the hens with the big flopped over combs. similar to dorkings.
i look for leg issues and spine issue, with such long quick growing legs and bodies you want them straight and sturdy.
the males are...
sounds like its a space issue. they are high energy and even young don't like to sit still for long.
mine run free from dawn to dusk even in winter within a 2500 sq foot fenced area per 30-40 chickens. occasionally they will fly over the fence (4 ft) but if they have plenty of grass and feed...
I get eggs that are medium to large. I have a hard time telling them apart from Wyandotte eggs. I haven't noticed them being any more flighty than other birds (at least anything other than Cornish which are too heavy to fly even young). I keep a few other meat breeds too Dorkings, Bresse...
i've only had two roosters one at 5 months the other at 6.
haven't tried a naked neck.
so far:
dorking roo, marans roo, bresse roo, isbar roo, dorking hen, bresse hen, marans hen, freedom ranger hen, cornish cross hen, alaskan pheasant and a few odd mixes that turned out to be roosters all...
someone asked how they tasted. I've been raising these with Bresse, Dorkings, Marans and a few others in rounds of "taste-offs". the Barbezieux and Dorkings are my favorite to eat. Opposite ends of the spectrum and totally different. Where Dorkings are sweet, halibut white and supple the...