i've had OEGB's but only hatchery stock. they were very sweet and charming and i adored them all except for the fact that roosters were HIGHLY aggressive with each other, which i recognize is likely an issue with the strain and that better-bred birds may be much better. at the moment I only have...
wow, i dont think ive ever heard of pyncheons! seems like theyre pretty rare but they sure look interesting.
ive thought about leghorn bantams a lot but ive heard about some leghorn roosters being aggressive, and havent heard much at all really about the bantams' personalities
Hello and thanks all! sometime i will start a thread to post more pictures of my flock, I am waiting for the new ones to finish growing their full set of adult feathers and then i can introduce everyone properly
huh that is interesting because i would never expect teeny roosters like that to attack people much lol, good to know. the hens i had were all veryyy skittish, but they may have been better with some determined handling. definitely not naturally tame, though.
I am on a search for bantams with very low levels of aggression in the roosters (towards hens, each other, and humans), that are ideally also fairly friendly (rather than super skittish), and are clean-legged and not excessively fluffy.
On my list of possibilities right now I have modern game...
thanks for all the welcomes! Alright, heres some of my critters. my phoenix cockerel (we will see how he turns out..); 2 rosecomb boys; one of the rosecomb pullets (Suzie Q); a couple of phoenix pullets; the girl in my pfp, Carlos (long story), who is my pride and joy; and her mother. carlos is...
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Ive kept quite a variety of pet chickens for 15+ years now, never got into any showing or breeding to type but I have hatched out a lot of fun mutts through the years. I've been on this site a fair number of times in the past searching for answers to chicken health emergencies but never...