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Thanks. I'll do a search and see what I can come up with. This boy had HUGE legs and feet from the start but the feathering was pullet like until his recent molt. Our dominate Buff O rooster was the same as he grew up. He feathered out with the pullets, grew in a pullet like tail but he had these large, thick legs and feet that kept us guessing until his saddle feathers, comb and wattles developed like the LO's has done. That cockerel was supposed to be a pullet also. The two BO that were sexed as males as day olds, feathered out as males, except they were rumpless at 22 weeks when I rehomed them due to one showing signs of human aggression and the other aggression towards the other roos to the point that they ganged up on one of the Welsummers and damaged his hock on one leg. At 24 weeks the remaining BO is the flock master and in general a wonderful boy to have around. I'm hoping the LO developes and matures the same way.
Handsome boy.
I was giving our birds their evening treats (funny how spoiled they can get. If I don't show up with their evening bread, popcorn and raw oatmeal, they will stand by the fence and stare at the house and if I don't show up before dark, they have somebody watching for me in the doorway and will come out even with barely any light to have their evening snack) and Larry Bird aka/Lily was standing on the parameter of the flock as he usually does. In the scramble to get a treat, he fell over a hen, turned around and fell over another one. I've never seen such a clutzy bird in my life. I'm hoping it's just an awkward adolescent phase he is going through.
My husband and I were talking tonight. Given this boy's size (he is taller than the other roosters who co-exist with minimal aggression) we are both holding our breath in speculating what kind of h-e-double toothpicks is going to break loose in the run and coop once those hormones really switch on. It's fair to say that he would more than likely be able to defeat any one of our three boys if he cut loose on them. To date though, we have yet to hear him crow but those lovely hackle feathers are getting longer and longer every day.
To date, none of the hens are overly impressed with the poor clumsy boy, and even the other roosters generally ignore him. That's gotta change if we expect to see some colorful LO/BO/Speckled Sussex/Welsummer crosses running around next spring.
Thanks.
Yours sound more like mine than most I've read about. Clumsy and late developing. Mine do crow though. I had 3 males with 7 females. Gave one male to my SIL, and she said he has not crowed since she's had him. He crowed at my house! Lol but now he is with more dominant roos, soooo... Even her little banty bullies him. She said maybe one day he will figure out he's 10 times his size! Haha
But so far, my 2 cooexist quite well with the small number of hens. The girls have not laid an egg yet, at 22 weeks. I haven't even noticed any squatting, but some do have really red combs now.
I just picked up my first Lavender Orp. chicks. They breeder didn't give me definite ages but 2 weeks to 4 days was the range. I am hoping to have lots of hens as I've lost a few to predators and sickness.
Second largest chick non clue on age
Larger chick and the sweetest. No clue how to sex these but this one screamed roo until I researched this breed and now hoping maybe the early feathers scream pullet
The gang after I brought them home 6 days ago.