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Instead of adapting the chickens a responsible chicken owner adapts management practices: I switched to bantams because they have lower feed and space requirements so I can feed and house them adequately. No stunted growth, no loss to predators or cold Wisconsin winters. Many bantam breeds were...

I’d say more like animal mismanagement since we artificially selected them to be dependent on us, therefore we should provide them with what they need. Their genetics were chosen by their domesticators.

Most of them anyway (of course there are a few exceptions no matter where you are, like Wisconsin has a few year round species but that doesn't mean it can sustain chickens.) In any case, if you want birds that are good free rangers and can get all their sustenance from free range in a warm...

Leghorns are very aware, I don’t know what Kansas is like in the winter but I think they could handle it.