what is a good "flighty"chicken breed-thanks guys-got it.

[SundownWaterfowl]

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Lt. Brown Leghorns all the above mentioned qualities and charateristics and very beautiful to look at all day long. Excelent foragers you'll prolly never see them in the coop 'cept to lay and roost other than that they'll be busy, very self-sufficient

Jeff

I agree. I have some. Great egg layers, they are a flighty breed also.

 

[EggyErin]

Golden Campines, Golden Campines! Mine is an absolute NUTBAG. It's rare that she spends a night in the coop, always up in a tree near the coop. They are extremely curious; she probably knows every inch of my husband's shop. She's one of the first to come up for treats, will peck at my boots for grass bits, but if you even look like you might move toward her, she shoots up and is off! I named her Popcorn because when she was a chick, she would bounce off the walls of the brooder anytime my hand even peeked over the edge. She's still pretty much the same. Egg-laying seems a bit erratic; sometimes in the coop, sometimes in my husband's shop (even 10ft off the ground), and sometimes I have no idea. Their coloring is good for blending, especially now in the fall foliage. If my priority weren't eggs it would be fun to have a flock of these running around just for the fruit loop effect.

 

[dinahmoe]

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LOL.now i want 2 campines just so i can name them popcorn and frootloop.
thanks

 

[dinahmoe]

i also wanted to mention that where i live gets really hot in the summer.i think it was over 100 for 3 months this summer-or at least it felt like it.
winters are around 20-30 at night-occ.in the teens for a bit,not much snow at all.

 

[flowerchild59]

You might want to consider javas. They free range really well, so do la fleche. Both are dual purpose too.

 

[RiddleMe]

I'm another vote for gold campines. Beautiful birds and better than any comedy!

 

[Pony Trotsky]

Great thread.

I'm in very much the same situation as the OP. I love my Wyandottes to bits, but, at 7 months old, they've already grown into huge, lumbering floof balls, and I'm wondering whether they really were the best choice for a free ranging farm life.

Are any of the birds you guys are talking about cold hardy enough to live happily in Maine? (They'd have free access to a large, well-built horse barn as well as a toasty in-barn coop.)

Thanks!

 

[key west chick]

I have a trio of key west chickens Im dieing to get rid of. If you want to make a roadtrip to Gainesville/Hall county you are more than welcome to have them. They are about 6 months old and very flighty...

 

[dinahmoe]

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hi,
i had the Kraienkoppe on my list but figured it would not like the hot temps here.have you looked into these?not sure if they are "flighty" enough tho.

 

[dinahmoe]

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very pretty.are they blue?did you hatch these and do you have any other experience with this breed?
wow,let me talk to my husband and see if i can talk him into a road trip.

please PM if you have anymore info.
thanks
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