Free range breed advice

[PeaShack]

I haven’t had any luck finding the LFs here. Only the bantams seem to be available, and I’m not sure how well those would mesh with the rest. I considered adding them a few years ago, but since I couldn’t find LFs back then as well, I dropped that idea.

Do you think they would thrive in an LF group? Some of the girls here can be intense, and both boys have Brahma and oriental gamefowl/aseel blood, so they are quite large

Standard phoenix are on the smaller side….slim, agile, and well-flighted for a chicken. I imagine the bantam versions are probably kept more for ornamental purposes and would have lower egg production.

If kept free-ranged on acreage the standard Phoenix should be fine with the heavier Brahma/aseel as they will go further out to forage during the day.

Because of my concern for introducing disease into the flock (we have indoor rescue parrots too), I’ve only hatched out eggs that I’ve ordered off eBay or hatched the eggs of my current chickens. Shipped eggs are hit or miss with hatch rates…but it does give you the opportunity to raise breeds not available locally!

 

[fluffycrow]

Standard phoenix are on the smaller side….slim, agile, and well-flighted for a chicken. I imagine the bantam versions are probably kept more for ornamental purposes and would have lower egg production.

If kept free-ranged on acreage the standard Phoenix should be fine with the heavier Brahma/aseel as they will go further out to forage during the day.

Because of my concern for introducing disease into the flock (we have indoor rescue parrots too), I’ve only hatched out eggs that I’ve ordered off eBay or hatched the eggs of my current chickens. Shipped eggs are hit or miss with hatch rates…but it does give you the opportunity to raise breeds not available locally!

I see. So the bantam version really isn’t worth the trouble. Sounds like even the standards might be unwilling to intermingle and breed with the rest of the group.
Oh I have no issues with not going locally, last year I incubated eggs that came from across the country; my issue is with eggs sourced internationally, because I don’t want to deal with importing anything.

I’ve yet to find a breeder of the standard phoenix here, though I admit it’s been years since I checked eBay. Not exactly popular here either.

 

[PeaShack]

I see. So the bantam version really isn’t worth the trouble. Sounds like even the standards might be unwilling to intermingle and breed with the rest of the group.
Oh I have no issues with not going locally, last year I incubated eggs that came from across the country; my issue is with eggs sourced internationally, because I don’t want to deal with importing anything.

I’ve yet to find a breeder of the standard phoenix here, though I admit it’s been years since I checked eBay. Not exactly popular here either.

If the group is chill , I’m sure they would intermingle

 

[fluffycrow]

If the group is chill , I’m sure they would intermingle

That they are not !
The girls are all quite “spicy”.

The boys are young, so I don’t really know how they will be, but given that the head cockerel is willing to fight mastiff-type dogs, I don’t think he will be too accepting either.

I still hope that I can get some standard phoenix at some point, once they become a little more widespread here