Rocky_Road_Poultry
Chirping
- Jul 23, 2022
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At the moment, I only have a bunch of laying hens and roosters of various breeds and a few silkies that I've had a few breeding experiments with. I'm really into prepper things and survivalist stuff, but I love chickens too. This made me wonder, what chicken breed would I use if I was in a doomsday situation? I've looked for good dual purpose breeds that are great at foraging, but none of them are up to my standards of thriftyness. So I thought, why not just breed my own! I don't plan on doing this now, but would love to do it in the future. In this "Doomsday Chicken", I'd want a few different traits:
.Good foraging
.Good at evading predators
.lays 140 to 180 eggs per year
.consistently goes broody once or twice a year
.roosters at least 6 pounds at maturity.
.Cold and heat hardy
Breeds I want to use:
.American game ( I've heard they are good at foraging and frequently go broody)
.Rose comb brown leghorn (lays a lot of eggs and are more cold hardy than the single combed leghorns, also camouflaged)
.Buckeyes or partridge chantecler (cold hardy, good foragers and occasionally go broody)
I'll figure out a name for it later.
Tell me what you think!
.Good foraging
.Good at evading predators
.lays 140 to 180 eggs per year
.consistently goes broody once or twice a year
.roosters at least 6 pounds at maturity.
.Cold and heat hardy
Breeds I want to use:
.American game ( I've heard they are good at foraging and frequently go broody)
.Rose comb brown leghorn (lays a lot of eggs and are more cold hardy than the single combed leghorns, also camouflaged)
.Buckeyes or partridge chantecler (cold hardy, good foragers and occasionally go broody)
I'll figure out a name for it later.
Tell me what you think!
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