The name Pioneer was give to their birds and McMurray stated on their site the name in the industry is Rainbow Chicken, however I know that Hoover Hatchery has them https://www.hoovershatchery.com/rainbow.html
The old fashioned birds were like the Rainbow, good utility and early maturity, hatcheries and even show bird breeders no longer concentrate on the utility aspect and so the dual purpose breeds are basically pretty birds now a days.
I will be processing some First and second generation Rainbows in a week and a half and will keep you posted on how they turn out. They forage like any chicken, are super friendly, the Cock birds don't crow much and I was afraid they would not be able to do their business with the girls, they...
yep I am so glad I raise my chickens the old fashioned way before vaccines, bug powder, worming crap, man and chickens have had a relationship for 10,000 years before all this new way of doing it came along, how in the word did chickens manage to live with man for that long without the chemical...
Don't give up your flock, they are a life line to an experience that has helped you cope (they are your friends remember) I am 68 have crippling arthritis (numerous other ailments), walk with 2 sticks, use a mobility scooter when I am out, was told by a doctor that I would be in a wheel chair by...