My very first biel egg from my Gertrude! It's medium to large, much larger than I'm used to for pullet eggs. I'm a bit surprised at the amount of freckling.
Update on my roos attitude: He's been a bit more subdued lately. I've had to handle him morning and night for about a week now to administer medicines (I had some sort of illness run through my whole flock. I lost my poor Hilda. Still waiting on the full results from the necropsy). I think he might be starting to realize that if I've handled him that much and haven't eaten him yet, maybe I won't, lol. I really think his aggression is fear-based. Even when he was a baby, he'd scream and flail when I picked him up.
Maybe I need to try hand-feeding him delicious treats... Not sure he'd want to get that close to me though.
I have serious reservations about breeding with this roo. If he's that far off the breed standard in temperament, I don't want him to contribute that to the breed.
He may have to be made into a rather expensive gumbo...
Beautiful egg - but I was surprised at the speckling too - I thought only Marans and Welsummer eggs got speckles but then, I suppose any painted egg can get speckling or spots.
Post your necropsy results - hope they are conclusive results. Many necropsies give you guesses and maybes and sometimes don't commit to a definite result - they tell you what conditions they found but not always what the definite "cause" was.
Sorry about your roo. I hate losing any rare bird whether of natural causes or culling. We lost a sweet Blue Wheaten Ameraucana and a rare Breda to heat-related stress last year. Not only do you see good birds lost but also the money that went w/ them. If your boy is young yet give him some time to mature. Hope your handling will help him to trust.
