I'm proposing an idea.
Some really are not looking for birds whose last 30 or more generations of selection were in, essentially, a factory such as any of the major hatcheries. They want birds bred by people raising them outdoors, perhaps free range, even better in a lineage probably going back...
Hello, can anyone recommend an Oxford-style Old English Game breeder?
I can find the conveyor-belt hatcheries and Greenfire Farms, but have had no other luck.
I'm interested in birds raised outdoors, from a breeder caring about what he or she is doing.
Thank you!
I would really like to breed Andalusians, extremely preferably starting from stock that has free-ranged and is similar to and descended from Spanish farm birds. Picking up from Tractor Supply or ordering from a conveyor-belt hatchery isn't what I am looking for, nor is getting a 2nd generation...
These Leghorns, hatch date April 15. Have bigger combs than the obvious pullets, but smaller than the obvious cockerels ir young roosters. Can you advise what gender they are? (In one pic they are with a cockerel.)
Hello, for anyone has owned both Heritage Leghorns and Ancona in a free range setting or knows someone who has and can advise, your insight would be much appreciated!
For background, I have started a long-term project to raise "survival chickens" on my 20 acre property in Alabama. Foraging...
Hello, thank you for the great forum (have lurked for some time and learned a lot, definitely a major resource!)
My wife and I are looking for properties in S Alabama and as well as raising forage and principally goats, aim to have some dual purpose chickens with excellent predator avoidance...