Our Mixed Flock Journey!

[Ribh]

My light Favorelle X, Luna, & my golden Campine, Ha'penny, roosting in the gate.

 

[drstratton]

My light Favorelle X, Luna, & my golden Campine, Ha'penny, roosting in the gate.
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They are so beautiful! The color on the Campine is amazing!

 

[Ribh]

They are so beautiful! The color on the Campine is amazing!

Campines are very beautiful but they do tend to be flighty & screamers. Not for everybody but they are my favourites.

 

[drstratton]

Campines are very beautiful but they do tend to be flighty & screamers. Not for everybody but they are my favourites.

I don't think I've ever seen one, but I would love to have one too! The chicken pen is far enough away from the house that she could scream all she wants...lol

 

[Ribh]

I don't think I've ever seen one, but I would love to have one too! The chicken pen is far enough away from the house that she could scream all she wants...lol

Out here they are rare & endangered. I like having them for that reason alone. Mine are now reasonably tame. I can handle them if necessary but catching them is never easy.

 

[drstratton]

Out here they are rare & endangered. I like having them for that reason alone. Mine are now reasonably tame. I can handle them if necessary but catching them is never easy.

Are they native to your country?

 

[Ribh]

Are they native to your country?

No. They originated in Northern Belgium & are one of the rarest of domestic breeds ~ probably because they don't like confinement & I expect don't do well in backyard spaces. They are wonderful foragers & really like to free range. Mine are escape artistes, but they are good layers of white eggs & unlike breeds like RIRs not @ all aggressive. I've had dominance problems in a mixed flock so tend to steer away from breeds with a reputation for assertiveness.

The home grown Australian hen is the Australorp. I started with some of them & they are a lovely hen & good layers but Campines are something else.

 

[cavemanrich]

My light Favorelle X, Luna, & my golden Campine, Ha'penny, roosting in the gate.
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I would to have that Golden Campine hen.

 

[drstratton]

No. They originated in Northern Belgium & are one of the rarest of domestic breeds ~ probably because they don't like confinement & I expect don't do well in backyard spaces. They are wonderful foragers & really like to free range. Mine are escape artistes, but they are good layers of white eggs & unlike breeds like RIRs not @ all aggressive. I've had dominance problems in a mixed flock so tend to steer away from breeds with a reputation for assertiveness.

The home grown Australian hen is the Australorp. I started with some of them & they are a lovely hen & good layers but Campines are something else.

It's so cool that you have one, with them being so rare! I think she would like my free range pen, but would probably like the whole yard better. I've read that RIR's can be aggressive, but I haven't seen that with mine...so far anyway. It might be a different story if they were all cooped up in a smaller space! I almost got an Australorp, but went with the Marans instead! Thank you for sharing your knowledge of them, she's stunning!

 

[drstratton]

I would to have that Golden Campine hen.

I'm with you!