I was sent a EF cockerel as the "free chick" in my first order of baby chicks almost 10 years ago. We free ranged and he was a complete natural at it. A few years later I added some more chicks to the flock (a variety pack) and got one female EF. She was feral as could be. She roosted in trees, stayed on the outskirts of the flock, very loud and squawked and flew if you even walked toward her, pretty much a loner. If not for the other chickens I'm not sure she would have even used the egg nests. Small eggs but usually 5 per week. I admired her but one was enough and I'd never get another one. So with just a little bit of joking, I can say EF's could exist in the wild.
More like guinea fowl than chickens if you ask me.
