I know it is an odd question but here is why I ask, I had 3 different colors of chickens a black and gold colored set a yellow colored set and a red colored set. The black and gold chicken only flocked with each other, but I put that off as them being a year older then the other chickens, they already had a bonded flock so were not interested in the new birds. But the red birds and the yellow birds who were brooded together tended to flock by color as well. Not as exclusively as the black and gold but still notably. So what I am wanting to know is if this color preference is normal?
If there is a color preference, could a normal flock be established by a small number of several colors (a rainbow flock if you will) I would like to have more color in my new flock (long story why my old birds are gone) but I don’t want them braking off in groups of 1 or 2 and making them self's predator bait. (I do a form of limited free ranging)
If there is a color preference, could a normal flock be established by a small number of several colors (a rainbow flock if you will) I would like to have more color in my new flock (long story why my old birds are gone) but I don’t want them braking off in groups of 1 or 2 and making them self's predator bait. (I do a form of limited free ranging)