Thanks everybody! It's good to have agreement ... now I can go back to my breeder and talk about returning him.
I'm amazed there has been no crowing yet, either. There was one little call on the weekend that made us sit up and think -- "Aha! The verdict is *in*!" -- but it was choked off...
Hello to you all!
This is my first post here, so by way of a quick introduction: I live in Sydney, Australia, and I currently have four chickens. The boss is "Raven", a pure-bred Australorp; "Harriet", a Barnevelder; "Matilda", a White Leghorn; and "Rose", a Rhode Island Red.
We acquired...