I am raising wild African "Village Chickens" (crossing with RI Red layers etc), as well as quails an

[kidcody]

from washington state glad you joined us!

 

[weimarmama]

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from Alabama. Glad you joined us.

 

[thespeedyz]

Thanks - the Africans tell me they are extremely hardy, but my experience so far has proven otherwise. Usually they run around (just about everywhere) free range, but I've got them in a stone floored backyard chicken coop, with wood shaving in half & stone in the other half (due to limited space). After my first batches I was terribly disheartened to loose 60 babies in a week, after introducing them to the adult flock, but more recently I've been introducing the young 'uns earlier, with more success. I think I'll let them sit naturally from now on.

It's the rainy season here... Rains for an hour to a few hours a day, temperatures when not raining +- 26-30*C.

Pictures of the set up coming soon......

 

[thespeedyz]

OK here it is..... wild african village chicken (from southern africa) X crossed with RI red.........
video below...