I had never heard of a Buckeye until I saw them at TSC! Everyone who has seen him has thought he was a Rhode Island Red and I can see that.
Thank you! He is a good rooster, he even feeds the baby chicks my mother hen is raising.
He is a buckeye rooster around 8 months old. His name is Hops because he used to hop up on my lap and hands when he was small enough. Now he is too big for that. 😅
My rooster is such a gentleman and he is beautiful. He loves to crow back and forth with a rooster one of the neighbors has. He is very protective of his ladies. Whenever I bring something big into the coop he leads the hens inside and he stays out into the run to protect them.
My rooster is...