Timely question and answers about white on feathers.. I was just wondering the same thing about my cockerel who has a splash of white at the base of one of his sickles. Thanks!
Thx! He is btw 5.5-6lbs right now. He seems to be on target, judging by earlier posts. That one wing looks good, but the other is a bit wonky. (As you may be able to see in some pics.) I'm hoping he's just going thru an awkward feathering stage, so I'm gonna give him a few more months to see...
I think that may be the way he was standing.
He is wide and broad (even more so than the Barred Rock cockerels I'm keeping) which is why I'm having second thoughts about his future. I'll probably keep him until December, then reevaluate.
Thanks!
I'm hoping to get some advice on a lone Buckeye cockerel (Urch stock) that I hatched in May.
He was the only chick to hatch from 12+ eggs, and I don't have any other Buckeyes. Simply because I don't have a mate for him and don't want to keep superfluous roosters thru winter, he was on the...