Prey chickens?

[MysteryChicken]

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Yes, misinformation.
What's the link?

 

[The Moonshiner]

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Well there it is on the internet so it must be true.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Used to????
True Bantams never have a Largefowl counterpart, otherwise they wouldn't be True Bantams, especially in the case involving silkies.

True Bantams.

 

[The Moonshiner]

 

[Crazychickengirl2]

Yes, misinformation.
What's link?

https://pethelpful.com/.amp/farm-pets/12-Utterly-Bizarre-Chicken-Breeds

 

[MysteryChicken]

https://pethelpful.com/.amp/farm-pets/12-Utterly-Bizarre-Chicken-Breeds

They're not very helpful when they purposely put out misinformation on crested breeds.

 

[NatJ]

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Kept as hawk bait to protect more expensive chickens? That sounds backwards, as most of the common production breeds are cheaper than crested chickens.

And if the special chickens are even more expensive than crested one, I would expect someone to just keep them in a safe pen. That would be MUCH more effective.

Once the crested chicken is gone, the hawk will come back for another chicken the next time it is hunting, so someone would need a constant supply of the crested ones to do much good. I could easily believe someone trying it (there's always someone who will try something once), but I don't think it would be very effective or even sensible from a cost perspective.

 

[Crazychickengirl2]

Kept as hawk bait to protect more expensive chickens? That sounds backwards, as most of the common production breeds are cheaper than crested chickens.

And if the special chickens are even more expensive than crested one, I would expect someone to just keep them in a safe pen. That would be MUCH more effective.

Once the crested chicken is gone, the hawk will come back for another chicken the next time it is hunting, so someone would need a constant supply of the crested ones to do much good. I could easily believe someone trying it (there's always someone who will try something once), but I don't think it would be very effective or even sensible from a cost perspective.

That’s exactly what I thought!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Is it really true that people get crested birds to make easy prey for birds of prey?!

Some do.

 

[Karasu]

You'll probably find someone somewhere that has done this, much like other weird things on the internet. This doesn't mean it's standard practice. Not worth getting into a fuss over.