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@ FiddleHodlHomestead
2025-06-18 04:34:10
We got English Game because we heard that even though they're not great for egg production, they are excellent foragers and moms. They are in fact very good at both, but I'm starting to think that chickens in general are decent foragers.
This year we supplemented with a few other breeds - White Leghorn, Plymouth Rock, Whiting Green- hoping get more eggs, and so far they are also great foragers. We'll see if they get broody and how they are as moms, but as far as I can tell, they took to foraging just as much as the English Game did.
You can start to breed for the characteristics that you want, and Harvey Ussery's latest book gives step-by-step advice on breeding.