teddyjames
Chirping
A while back I was having problems sourcing materials for my coop. With more family members working real jobs, things are looking up as "some" progress has been made and has me to thinking about the breed to choose. Here are my requirements.
1. Eggs over meat. I want good egg layers, any color, not so much table birds.
2. Aggressive. I don't want games but do want roosters that are/can be aggressive.
3. No feathers on feet, no solid colors like black or white.
4. I would like to have broody hens.
Here is my dilemma. Rhode Island Reds from what I have heard is/can be aggressive and some have been known to eat mice and snakes. Saw one on a video while probably rare, attack an owl that flew in. That had the decisions settled until I read where RIR's need lots of room to explore and don't really do well in a run all the time. Really? Anyone here keep RIR's in a run? Mine will be kind of big, my run is 40x20 and coop is 14x8 (expand that later). Looking for around 10-16 birds total. RIR's are kind of drab in my book. The roosters look like any other "red" rooster and the hens are even worse being mostly a solid rust color. I could live with that just knowing my roosters have balls.---
Barnevelders! Barneys are beautiful, I hear they do very well cooped up in a run. I also hear they are gentle and not aggressive at all which is a negitive in my book. The beauty of these birds makes me give up on the mean rooster idea though.
Both of these breeds would suit me fine, curious if there is the best of both worlds out there. Aggressive and beautiful multicolored breed that is a good egg layer that don't have feathers on feet, top hats or anything strange going on. Maybe I have answered my own question. RIRs mixed with Barneys. :-/ ??
1. Eggs over meat. I want good egg layers, any color, not so much table birds.
2. Aggressive. I don't want games but do want roosters that are/can be aggressive.
3. No feathers on feet, no solid colors like black or white.
4. I would like to have broody hens.
Here is my dilemma. Rhode Island Reds from what I have heard is/can be aggressive and some have been known to eat mice and snakes. Saw one on a video while probably rare, attack an owl that flew in. That had the decisions settled until I read where RIR's need lots of room to explore and don't really do well in a run all the time. Really? Anyone here keep RIR's in a run? Mine will be kind of big, my run is 40x20 and coop is 14x8 (expand that later). Looking for around 10-16 birds total. RIR's are kind of drab in my book. The roosters look like any other "red" rooster and the hens are even worse being mostly a solid rust color. I could live with that just knowing my roosters have balls.---
Barnevelders! Barneys are beautiful, I hear they do very well cooped up in a run. I also hear they are gentle and not aggressive at all which is a negitive in my book. The beauty of these birds makes me give up on the mean rooster idea though.
Both of these breeds would suit me fine, curious if there is the best of both worlds out there. Aggressive and beautiful multicolored breed that is a good egg layer that don't have feathers on feet, top hats or anything strange going on. Maybe I have answered my own question. RIRs mixed with Barneys. :-/ ??