I have seen healthy birds on just scratch grains and foraging, but we are talking 6 birds on a 12 acre homestead with a lot of pasture and manure piles to scratch through. I wouldn't put any egg laying hybrids on a diet like that but small heritage breeds can thrive in that environment.
I oddly enough came across your post with your red ranger crosses how's that going by the way I have two red ranger or Dixie rainbows whatever they're called and I held them back for egg production and they are laying huge light brown eggs!!!! I was thinking about breeding them with a buff orpington rooster not sure yet what to do!
No longer on that or any other project. the best tasting chicken I ever had were Heritage birds crossed with Red Ranger Hens. The experimenting became expensive because the females ate a lot and I had a lot of roosters for breeding who ate a lot too. Now I just produce meat and eggs with not experimenting and sell Seramas as pets.
wish I lived closer to you I'm all the way up in Connecticut, I just have meat rabbits as well one of mine just gave me a nice litter of eight yesterday I raise standard rex on top of chickens
I am about to purchase some Rex in July, they need to be weened first. Rabbits do not breed well here in summer though, its too hot for them. I love the fur on Rex Rabbits. Those who have not touched a rex rabbit, find one and just pet it.
Good choice, I've been breeding and raising standard Rex for 5 years, what are you looking to buy what kind are you looking for color Meat or Both!?where abouts are you from? I'm very easy on my gals I only breed them once a year maybe maybe maybe two times depending but mostly just once...im from Connecticut! It's about 90 something in the shade today and my babies are spread out in the nest mom pulled so much fur I had to take a ton of it out!!
