I am currently hatching Barbeziuex, Its another French chicken, but unlike the way its French cousin Bresse is sautéed and poached to perfection, This one suppose to taste better roasted on an open fire or oven.
For me, I live in a residential area, and get into trouble if my chickens doesn't stay in my fenced yard. In addition, loud crowing, and bad odor are other things that can ruin it for me. We have a two chicken limit, but its okay to have more if I don't give the neighbors anything to complain about. Basically, I will only get into trouble if they officially complain.
My heritage roosters were too loud and needed to be sent to the freezer. I kept one Jersey Giant rooster, but ironically a few days latter, he had a heart attack. I think he died from the extremely loud illegal fire work bombs that was going off in my neighborhood. It was so loud, it triggered all the car alarms on the street. The point here is to keep an extra rooster, until the next generation hatches. No crow velcro collars can be adjusted to keep the crow pitch down to an acceptable level.
The only concern I have with raising the Barbezuiex, is its flightiness, it may not recognize its territorial fenced barrier like other heritage breeds, so I will need to raise it in a chicken coop.
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