So tonight watching them, and there is the rooster eating at a feed pan, full of week old chicks. In and around, under his feet, peeping excitedly. He eats a while talking to them all the while.
Seriously he is homely as sin, kind of a yellowish white with grey... but he still is called Bye. I...
I really think it is luck of the draw, and being raised with older birds in an established flock. They learn proper chicken society...but luck of the draw has a huge part to do with it too.
To get a good rooster, you need a sharp knife. Do not keep anything that is not fantastic.
I have had a...
As I posted before, I raised up a rooster, just a mutt. Nothing outstanding, kind of homely, definitely going to be asked to dinner.... oh yeah, and a perfect gentleman... so darn nice, he has got the Bye.
The hens adore him. He keeps them together. He watches the skies, last night a hawk flew...