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Appologies for the post flood. I'm trying to catch up.

It may be different where you are but Ivermectin in the area of Spain I was in and now here in the UK was not effective against worms. Flubendazole products still work even for tapeworm given at the right dosage.

I got around the mothers leaving chicks on the ground by moving them to a broody coop once hatched if they hatched wild. It takes a couple or three days of being there to put the chicks in with mum if they cant manage a ramp and they are sorted after that. In case anyone tries it, wear eye...

I wouldn't dissmiss the Fayoumies hardiness and ability to evade hawks in particular as hype. Those that I've seen were very aware and very fast.

Many serious keepers in Spain patch burn the ground when they move the coops to new ground.

I am told by others I know who keep free range Egyptian Fayoumies that they don't cross well. I could never quite understand why they thought this due to language difficulties.

It was walnuts with the tribes in Spain. The wild boar I assume cracked a few open and the chickens got a taste for them. If I got a hammer out and started cracking walnuts on my front step it didn't take long for some chickens to come down from the woods for a share. I never saw a chickens...

Sorry, dug this up from way back in the thread. I think the drive to eat vegitation is strong. Even Ex Battery hens get the hang of it very quickly; more quickly than digging for bugs in my litited experience. They seem to work down a preference list, short grasses high on the list. They'll try...

I've never put any eggs under a broody hen that she didn't lay.

They do what the mother hen tells them. For the first few days out with mum she'll call them to her. Get them underneath her and try to deal with the problem. Once they are more mobile and cover spots have been established she calls them to hide. They are two different calls. Once hidden they...

I find it interesting that there are a number of people using the Liege breed in projects such as this. The breeding has me a bit confused as does the project goal. For feral flocks smart is always better than large. There really aren't any benefits in have a rooster that is aggressive to the...