breeds from critical/threatened list Light Sussex& anothercolor<-chose

[Faverolle]

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I have heard bad things about aggressive Lakenvelder roos, although I am sure they vary.

I've had a few Golden Campines myself, they are *gorgeous*, very fast-maturing, and my hen (the other 5 chicks were all cockerels, wouldntcha know, and I eventually sold them) is a fairly good layer of small to medium white eggs, but... they are NUTS. Like Leghorns, and not in a good way

The sky is always falling, and they only seem to have two modes, 'full panic' and 'waiting to go into full panic'. Not stupid or fearful, just *nuts*. They would probably survive very well free-ranging, with all that paranoia and energy, but for me they are just too hard on the nerves. I prefer more decaffeinated-type chickens

I know that other people have different tastes in chicken personalities so if you *like* chickens like this then by all means get Campines, I'm just sayin'

Pat

I have lakenvelders as well as gold campines. They are both good in free range situations but they are very high strung. My faverolles also free range and are pretty calm.

 

[pdsavage]

well i did find red Sussex woot Lights will take awhile.....

 

[Krys109uk]

As someone else said. What is rare in one place is not necessarily endangered or even rare elsewhere. Light Sussex are lovely, & I miss them. Light Sussex are the most frequent colour of one of the most common breeds in Britain; certainly a very long way from threatened, endangered over there.