I live in Florida and hope to have chickens sometime soon- I am especially interested in the chicken tractor approach. I would like to have a small flock- up to a half dozen to start out for fresh eggs- though I would love to have more eventually(and maybe some other fowl too!). We had buff...
I find this discussion fascinating and have learned a lot reading this and another thread I saw about the subject of pheasant hybrids. While I understand the desire of some breeders to focus on preserving a pureblood line, I do not see what all the fuss is for others who have other goals in...
I don't have much experience with other chicken breeds, so can't say whether they are much quieter than usual, but the ones we had were fairly quiet usually. They do make a lot of cute small noises, and were very friendly because we handled them a lot(my sister and I when we were kids). Seems...