Worst Breeds You've Had

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I haven't had a ton of different breeds but my least favorite has to be the Speckled Sussex. They are gorgeous but the roosters were 9 lb jerks with massive death daggers attached to their ankles, and the hens were skittish and layed small eggs. They were great at escaping predators though! A fox got in the fenced freerange area and when I went to chase it off a bunch of them were on the fence and one had even flown from the fence to the roof of our house which was 25 ft away from the fence!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Cornish X are actually the most feed efficient.
That said, I don’t like them. Just don’t consider them a breed.

They eat way more then the end goal of 4lbs def not worth that in feed

 

[The Birb King]

Do they commonly injure and/or kill each other?

I dont know but the ones I had killed my bantam hen so definitely dont raise them with chickens.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Do they commonly injure and/or kill each other?

They regularly run each other off in a free range setting. By “run off” I mean banish from the farm. They do get random injuries although I do not know if their injuries are a result of them fighting each other or other poultry. They dominate whatever other birds they’re with, except it seems they’ll submit to grown turkeys.

I have read that in decades past, gamefowl raisers who raised their roosters for fighting wouldn’t allow guineas to be raised with the roosters, as guineas will make a game cock submissive. Seems to be true. My game cocks will fight each other if exposed to one another but run from the guinea cocks on free range.

 

[ChickinProblems]

All three of my Black and silver laced wyondette are kinda bullies to the rest of the flock. White leghorns are good layers but are crazy skidish.

 

[Amer]

Hated that lavender color. Would never have that again.

Yes

 

[The Birb King]

Hated that lavender color.

Why? I think lavender is one of the nicest colors out there.

 

[Amer]

They eat way more then the end goal of 4lbs def not worth that in feed

I hate to tell you but heritage birds eat even more to get to four pounds, because you keep them longer.
If they were “def not worth that in feed” then they wouldn’t be the most common bird in the world. If you think a bird needs to eat 4 pounds to gain four pounds, you need to rethink. An adult human can eat 171 pounds in the same amount of time, without gaining an ounce!
Birds use energy for body processes along with growth.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I hate to tell you but heritage birds eat even more to get to four pounds, because you keep them longer.
If they were “def not worth that in feed” then they wouldn’t be the most common bird in the world. If you think a bird needs to eat 4 pounds to gain four pounds, you need to rethink. An adult human can eat 171 pounds in the same amount of time, without gaining an ounce!
Birds use energy for body processes along with growth.

I've got a chart from a hatchery at work that shows total consumption against total weight from day 1 to day 63. If you'd like, I can post it tomorrow

 

[Franklinridgefarms]

Why? I think lavender is one of the nicest colors out there.

I’m just odd I guess, I prefer more common usual colors and appearances for chickens.