Thanks everyone. I'm sure he is an Easter Egger now that I've seen the muff/beard thing. The resemblance to the blue splash wheaten is pretty amazing though.
I just adopted some new birds yesterday and I see this rooster is raw and red on his underside and around the vent. I treated him (and the rest) for mites as a precaution. Any ideas? I have them quarantined away from the rest of my birds.
Hi, I'm having some trouble with my roosters. I got a batch of 50 'aracaunas' free with my cx cross I ordered from a hatchery this spring. They are now around 15 weeks. The problem is they have selected a few and are trying to mount them. Is this normal behavior?
How can you tell?? I've heard differing ideas like large red combs, double or triple combs all indicating Roos but even those with smaller combs and plainer colors have been tagged as roosters here. In my other flock, I have hens with giant bright red combs. I really need to get better at this....