What breed might have these characteristics...in order of priority?
1. Be cold hardy and lay through the winter
2. Good forager and alert
3. A moderate size frame
4. Interesting plumage and egg color
It may be my perfect bird!
Thanks for looking, Kevin
I have about 14 hens and a few too many roosters...3 Wellsummer, 2 Ameracaunas, 2 cream legbars .
I've noticed that the Ameracauna roos are destroying my hens..they seem to attack and pull feathers like crazy...so much more than the others...I'm a bit concerned...Is it because I have too...
Two of my 5 hens went broody this spring; an older Copper Maran and a yearling Wyandotte. The Wyandotte hatched out 3 but only one lived. The BCM didn't hatch any (my roo is a cripple and not too virile I suspect) so I cleaned out her nest last week. Out in the run I noticed that the BCM would...
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