Thanks for the replies. What I am thinking of doing it ordering up 5 or so different roosters and then end up keeping the one or two I like best this fall. The others will end up in the freezer.
Thanks for your help.
Went on feathersite and it seems the Giants seem to have a little nicer tail than the other meat birds.
I am also leaning towards a partidge cochin. Because of the nice colors.
Any thoughts?
I am looking for a little meatier bird than that. My last flock I had a while ago I orderd heavy str run from MM and some rare breeds. Well I had a sumatra rooster that ended up spreading his seed more than others with my heavy set hens and those birds tended to be lighter and lanky, not much...
Finally moving out to the country again and having a small flock of chickens is the first thing on my list.
Going to order some cornish x hens for meat birds this year and then some other heavies to have around the place for egg production and breeders for some meat next year.
Was going to get...