I ordered 10 assorted rare breed chickens along with my normal docile, friendly, dual purpose types (2 EE, 1 BCM, 1 speckled sussex) to join my lone remaining blue orpington hen.
From the breeds I can determine so far, it looks like I am in for a circus going by their "typical" personalities...It appears I have a Sicillian butter cup (who is actually pretty darn adorable and outgoing, at the moment), a golden campine, and two silver spangled hamburgs. I also have a white leghorn in the mix.
It appears I have a Delaware, and a jersey giant in there, something blue/splash, and a handful of mystery brown/red chipmunk things that I can't hazard a guess at yet, but they don't seem to be as wild as the others are supposed to be, so I am not too worried about them.
Am I doomed to be chasing wild and crazy chooks out of my neighbors yards, or keep them penned up forever? Should I ditch them all (rehome) before they teach my other fluffy butts that roaming is fun? Someone please tell me you have experience with these breeds, and they aren't as crazy as they've been made out to be?!
side note-I have a half acre, so I am hopeful that will be enough to satisfy their desire to roam...but my last girls did like hanging out at my neighbor's place a lot...and they weren't even breeds known for roaming.
From the breeds I can determine so far, it looks like I am in for a circus going by their "typical" personalities...It appears I have a Sicillian butter cup (who is actually pretty darn adorable and outgoing, at the moment), a golden campine, and two silver spangled hamburgs. I also have a white leghorn in the mix.
It appears I have a Delaware, and a jersey giant in there, something blue/splash, and a handful of mystery brown/red chipmunk things that I can't hazard a guess at yet, but they don't seem to be as wild as the others are supposed to be, so I am not too worried about them.
Am I doomed to be chasing wild and crazy chooks out of my neighbors yards, or keep them penned up forever? Should I ditch them all (rehome) before they teach my other fluffy butts that roaming is fun? Someone please tell me you have experience with these breeds, and they aren't as crazy as they've been made out to be?!
side note-I have a half acre, so I am hopeful that will be enough to satisfy their desire to roam...but my last girls did like hanging out at my neighbor's place a lot...and they weren't even breeds known for roaming.
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