Great info! Thank you! I would certainly like a decent rooster now that I have disposed of my beautiful Pride. I am so over production birds! I am definitely looking to add heritage breeds and from breeders! I have heard good about Chanteclers too. But I know no one personally who keeps any :/
I love my 2 light brahmas. One is my head hen. They are pretty and decent egg layers and hysterical to watch run!! Pretty skittish. I would like a few darks I think!
I actually have. Just learned about them last night! They are on my "learn more" list lol. (Though being a Michigander with a son at UofM I would have to tell people they were RIRs:lau)
I have been researching heritage breeds and various statuses of endangered breeds. Now that I have my first flock "figured out", I have learned what I want, what I appreciate, what I prefer not to deal with and what I don't need.
I know I want breeds that are winter/cold tolerant.
I know I...