Heads up avoid "Belt Hatchery Jungle Fowl" they are not real Jungle Fowl, I was hoping to get some RJF chicks today, nope, they are mixes of who knows what... I suspect Sumatra/Silkie & Cornish Game. The picture for them is RJF but I know what those chicks are suppose to look like as I had RJF before, and Belt birds are all wrong, total fakes according to another member who bought a few & contacted the hatchery to find out what they really had when they grew up looking like big weird birds, it is a secret mix with 0% JF & probably not even Saipan JF in them based on what the other member found out.
Bummed me out I was all jazzed till I saw the chicks, I even questioned the store if they had mixed the breeds up, nope the lady at the hatchery told them "JF come in different colors, sizes & shapes".
So still no birds, my search for a few small chicks continues... note I am okay with sumatras (and many different breeds) but I want to know what I have, not play mystery mix bird (if I do mixed breed I want to know what is in it) and have it mature to a size not right for my coop size... it's little so smaller standard breeds or bantams just 2 or 3 pullets is my goal. RJF hens would have been perfect.
Bummed me out I was all jazzed till I saw the chicks, I even questioned the store if they had mixed the breeds up, nope the lady at the hatchery told them "JF come in different colors, sizes & shapes".
So still no birds, my search for a few small chicks continues... note I am okay with sumatras (and many different breeds) but I want to know what I have, not play mystery mix bird (if I do mixed breed I want to know what is in it) and have it mature to a size not right for my coop size... it's little so smaller standard breeds or bantams just 2 or 3 pullets is my goal. RJF hens would have been perfect.