JayColli
Chirping
Thank you!
If you can post a better picture I can post it to the Malines Facebook group to get their consensus but the shape does seem a bit upright and v-shaped compared to most of what I've seen.
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Thank you!
If you can post a better picture I can post it to the Malines Facebook group to get their consensus but the shape does seem a bit upright and v-shaped compared to most of what I've seen.
Here's another picture I have of him. I'm not home right now to get a better one. Hope it's ok. And thank you. I would really like to figure it out cause everyone asked me what he is and where he came from. And I have no clue. It will also help me down the path of what to do with him. I have RIR hens and he's too big for them. My husband figures he's around 13-14lbs.
Yeah, that's pretty hot down there. I've heard they don't do too well with extreme heat. I'm thinking there might be ways you could improvise a cooling system for them. A misting sprayer on a timer during the day - a fan at night in the coop. It'll be more work to keep them comfortable in your environment.
Oh yeah, the turkey head variety of Malines. Would probably be a better bird to raise in northern climates. Someone in Canada has them - I just don't know who! This greatly perplexes me.
S'alright! I've been wrong before too. Just not lately.Well, you better get looking into the why of fat disbursement then! This was something that always intrigued me as well. I'm surprised you actually found something about it that explains it. Certainly its not just lots of downy feathering, or orpingtons would have similar meat qualities. Do your orps have marbled thigh meat, Our Roost?
Some good large breeds there.
I like your enthusiasm!
Whites & other color varieties are unheard of here. A good breeder & show-er of Malines, by the name of Nathan Saegart in Belgium, breeds all the colors. Someone want to try for an import?Too expensive & complicated for me. Hubby would divorce me for sure!
Sounds like he's the right size then! I'll let you know what they think.
Thank you so much JayColli, For doing all of that for me! Now to figure out what to do with him. He's such a nice looking rooster.