The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

[smokie]

Thankyou , we have Vietnamese breed as well they even have a name they are ganoi breed when I first saw them I did not like them as they have very little feather totally bald breasts and backs and necks but they to have grown on me like you wouldn't believe they allso very hardy and good flyers quite small but like little lead weights when you pick them up and tend to peck you after you let them go again a very capable of living a natural foraging life ,I spend a lot of time watching them they give me great pleasure

 

[SeattleSelkie]

Welcome Smokie. Thanks for joining this thread. Love hearing about breeds kept in other areas of the world.

 

[smokie]

4of my Cambodian pullets and young ganoi roo

 

[smokie]

hear a better photo of young ganoi roo he is a proper character he defiantly got a mind of his own , these burds seem to have a character somewhere between a chicken and a pheasant ,I think very good meat burds as they are capable of having a good natural healthy life and are capable of converting any waste or wild food they can find into prime non to faty meat of excellent flavor though lovers of kfc might find these burds take more chewing though

 

[SeattleSelkie]

4of my Cambodian pullets and young ganoi roo

Are those coconuts in the background?
Do the chickens eat them if you open them up?
I would think that would be nice for adding good fat to their diet.

 

[Bridebeliever]

4of my Cambodian pullets and young ganoi roo

That's so neat! They look SO different from American Breeds!

 

[smokie]

Yes I always pick up coconuts for them some people drink coconut milk and throw away coconut I bring home and split open then they peck out and eat coconut flesh

 

[smokie]

another of few of my Cambodians they often appear to be runing rather than walking

 

[cubalaya]

these are Burmese gamefowl and a ganoi gamefowl

 

[tjo804]

I love the coconut idea!

That could help with boredom when I cant spend the day outside with them.