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Crowing
Those flighty and aloof birds/breeds are often the best at evading predators. So if free ranging capability is your goal, those are a good pick.Right? All my birds are either TSC or CackleMy Australorps have a fantastic temperament, but there's still a couple that come over to be petted or tolerate being held more than others. The Welsummers too, there's a couple that are always first to get picked up, and a couple that are always hardest to catch! Lol. I have two SLWs this year, and the one who looks seriously 'pet quality' is SO FRIENDLY AND SWEET! But her sister who has much better lacing and tail shape for the breed is actually the hardest to catch of the bunch.
ETA and I say "suffer" loosely bc obviously for any given characteristic, i.e. flightiness, that could be an asset for someone with different preferences or style of flock management.
For birds that are kept confined all the time, even in a spacious run, those breeds can get a little crazy and need more space than others.
If you want a pet chicken from the flighty / aloof breeds, you'll really have to work for it, and even then, it will depend on the individual.
guess we will see when they start laying what color the eggs are lol.
). The 3 big ones are the āgreen eggersā though the two dark brown ones are suspicious RIRs. The mottled lighter brown one in the back next to the greenhouse is the 3rd green egger and kind of looks the most like the description on Hooverās websiteā¦ but who knows. We had a 4th with that batch that was a leghorn rooster, so we rehomed him and now have the barred rock and Orpington integrating as a āreplacementā.
theyāre both males so no eggs, just pets
