Genuinely creating a new breed seems like a multigenerational project involving many different parties. The best case scenario I'm looking at here is creating a landrace that comes out of the woods sometimes and scares my neighbors
I'm more concerned with function than anything else and the San Diego Zoo mixed "RJF" have proven useful. Interestingly the Fayoumi have done terrible free-ranging. In their behavior they're almost identical to the American Game yet predators have eaten all the Fayoumi hens
I think they had the...
Fayoumi X are developing into beautiful birds so far. I have around 20 the last I checked. No deaths yet, whereas the Indio Gigante X had a high mortality rate
I was trying to quietly let this thread die to be honest. It was presumptuous of me to make a thread on creating a chicken breed. Anyways, to answer your question-
The Indio Gigante was surprisingly nearly infertile. Despite having a large harem exclusively available to him for several months...
Mine seems kinda slow and awkward honestly. I think that chickens have a natural size capacity and Indios are beyond it
In another breeding project I recall reading that a Liege Fighter was unable to brood because she kept crushing her eggs with her mass
I expect every single one of my Indio...
On my small and humble homestead I will be attempting to create a new survival chicken breed. I'm doing this because in my experience so far there exists no perfect dual-purpose breed
Commercial farms and hatcheries are the main producers of chickens in 2023. Even my "pure" red junglefowl hen...