My Step Dad gave me a Banty x and 10 chicks as a boy, kept them in a box under my bed the first night.
Next day I built a coup/pen for them, walked to town and bought a 1lb of crumb.
I built a small chicken empire in the garden, out of old tin sheets, scrap wood, tatty chicken wire and old tea chests as cabins.
A couple of the older chicken men nr me told me they were game bird's.
After a while I got a cockril given, a Heinz 57 and bred some mongrels :-)
I entered some of these mongrels in local Agriculture show, didn't get a ticket but plenty of encouragement.
Managed to get a couple of