Recent content by JenneAllen

Well, Blackdotte, you ruffled my feathers a bit, but I checked your posts and you know your stuff. I will pass on the Fayoumis until I move out to the country again. I wanted their disease fighting genes, but we had three barred rock roosters that went a wandering and ended up getting shot by...

Thanks for the advice. I have read a lot of blogs and from what I can see, if they are hand raised from one day they can be sweet, but any fayoumis hatched out by a broody hen will revert to their rather feral nature. On a farm they would be great. Looks like New Hampshires for me, or Sussex.

My husband and I will be ordering chicks this spring. He wants Sussex and I want to get Egyptian Fayoumis to cross breed as I read they are immune to the avian flu virus. We live in a neighborhood that is not partial to chickens, although it is not against the law to do so (we have raised...