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My boyfriend has 13 hens at his place, all 6+ years old, but our oldest girl is 13 years old. She is an EE hen from our local feed store and she still lays a nice lil blue egg once or twice a week. She's quite the trooper!

We got eggs! Eeeeee I'm so excited:) I can't remember how old they are now but we got our first eggs from the girls. I'll have to look at the calendar to figure out their age though.

We are now 17 weeks old. Though these pics were taken at 15-16 weeks of age. I can't believe how much they've grown and matured. Just introduced some 5wk old pullets to them last week and they are all getting on very well. I would normally have waited until the chicks were 8wks old to integrate...

Arthur has not been too bad. He dances a little bit beside her before grabbing her and she doesn't really fuss too much. He's quite protective of his girls. They so much as raise their voices and he throws a fit. He's not aggressive towards me without when I feed and hang out with them, but he...

I caught Arthur breeding the crested hen (Melody) this morning. They are 16, almost 17 weeks old now. I will get new photos up soon. They have grown tremendously since I last posted pics.

I believe 6-7 points is what your wanting on these guys.

That is him:) I really like how deep and defined the barring is on him, especially in his tail. He just looks like a really nice bird all around. I wouldn't worry to heavily about his comb as long as he has the correct number of points, unless you are going to show him. But even then there are...

I personally prefer roos with minimal chestnut, but I'd say the incomplete barring on your boy is a bit extreme. I however, love the color of his 2nd son you have pictured. Not too much chestnut, but still nice barring and no all white feathers. I didn't look to closely at his comb and you can't...

8/11/2016 at 3:30pm

He is quite the character. They saw a hawk in that last pic and then booked it back to the coop and then refused to come back out. I guess that's not the worse thing though lol.

Finally got some decent picture of the birds. Yesterday was their first time outside and boy were they funny. Again id love to hear what you guys think of these three. I've gotten very little feedback on them so I'm always happy to hear what your thoughts are. They are 10 weeks old. And I...

I was able to get some pics of my birds this morning. Any critiques are welcome:) I'm pretty happy with my little roo right now and I've been surprised by how straight his comb has stayed considering how large his crest is. The girls are doing good too, and looking good. They are 10 weeks old...

I'm going to be the black sheep and say, I personally prefer the bottom rooster color wise. My reasoning being that I am focusing on producing double cream, lighter colored hens. I remember reading a while back about how some lines produce good hens and some produce good roosters, but it's hard...

Got home tonight after 3 weeks away and finally got to see my birds tonight. They are 9 weeks old now I believe. The little cockerel is quite a character, and I'm also pretty happy with how he's feathering out. He settled very quickly and only fought me briefly when I picked him up. He was...

I think that would be very helpful, especially when referring to these younger, underdeveloped roos.

In curious to see how they develope. Especially that darker bird. They are all really pretty, but his barring just really caught my eye:)

I don't know based on this pick if those roos will be cream or gold. They haven't developed their hackles or saddle feathers yet. So I think silver at this point is a very appropriate term. And because the birds I prefer, those with little to no copper showing through, are offer refered to as...

Really like the two outer boys. The darker one has really nice barring. I usually prefer the more silver birds personally, but I really like that dark boy. Where did you get them?

I am personally a fan of this bird. I really like how clean he is, but I also don't like a lot of copper wash in my roosters. Part of this is because I like the lighter hens they produce to the darker ones. But to each their own.

Breed plays a big role in this. I've had 25+ roosters. At one time I had 13 all free ranging together in the same mixed flock. As stated above, you're going to find a lot of mixed feelings on this one. As a general rule of thumb I have found Orpingtons, New Hamps, Wyandottes, and Cochins to be...