Recent content by cptbahama

thank you! i'm pretty excited to have a tophat roo. I have an up-and-coming lavender orpington roo as well, I think I'll keep both. I just don't see the tophat getting as big as the orpington so they may not present a problem, having them both. I could be wrong?

yes, again, the Sussex is gone. here are some pics of the tophats. males or females?

bump...for helping folks making waterers..

hfolks, yeah, the Sussex is gone, I hear another one. I thought the gold tophat looked the part but no wattle or comb?

We have a young flock of 4 months old. There was one speckled sussex roo that we got rid of. Now I'm hearing another chick try to crow but when I'm around them, they don't do it. The only ones that look slightly suspect are the tophats in these pics. Can anyone spot my roo?

stopped reading at Quote: I don't own any Lav Orps

I just ordered a lavender orpington cockerel. Very excited to have him. We have a dozen or so really cool breeds this go around and think he will be a neat addition. I'd like to hear from you if you have experience with a lav orp. They came highly recommended for roosters if you have kids, which...

wow, that Welsummer roo is sure purty!

great advice, thank you.

I have 10 hens all hatched on the same day, Aug 3rd, so we are approaching 8 weeks. I want a rooster and none of the 16 chicks I have are showing signs of being roo-ish. The local NPIP hatchery has a 12 week old Welsummer rooster. I'm wondering how he would do being introduced to a coop full of...

I don't really know of a better way to put it. We bought 9 blue andalusian eggs online. 4 hatched. we gave one away so we have 3 7 week old chicks. Their "mama" is a blue laced red wyandotte. In addition to these we have 7 other layers of various breeds. One of the 7 week old blue andalusian...