Emu and Little Red's baby rooster
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Originally Posted by wyochickenlady
He is 16 weeks. Been crowing for a few weeks now. Big Wattles and comb. His feathering is gorgeous..at least to me...first rooster I have ever had so he is just neat to me. I'll try to get a good close up of his...
Oh Yes! I can't help it either! My Sultan hen has feathers so soft also! But it takes one by surprise to feel feathers so soft that come from such enormously large girls.
The 'shanks' will be thick in diameter as well compared to...well, just about any other breed of chick that I know of. Even if a jersey chick presents as 'little', she will still have sturdy little legs.
Those jersey legs, in my opinion are undeniable!
I am pretty sure I am right behind you with the silver! But I love the character of those guys I do!!
Just lost my roo (not for good I hope) to a corrupt city government (long story) and will fight to get him back!
Heartbroken too!
Hope things are going better for you!
I'd have to say yes, and a fine one at that. Especially with the yellow feet. We experienced the same exact thing. We ended up having to re~home our guy to a wonderful farm but get to stay in close contact. I'll send you a photo of our handsome boy, Emu. They change ALOT between 6 mos and a...
I've only owned a jersey Roo who was anything but skittish. I had to re-home him about 8 weeks ago (he only liked me and he was rough on our hens at his 19#)..I did hatch 6 of his eggs and kept two for myself. They are about a month old themselves. The grandaughter's each Claimed one. My older...
Our Jersey Giant Roo was a Black Australorp "Hen" from our farm store. But she kept growing and growing.... And Growing! Until she crowed so loud she was heard two neighborhoods over. All 19# of "her". We changed HIS name to Emu, because he ran like one.
Long story short. We had to re~home to a...