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I had to go back and check emails from my friend who took care of the ordering. We wanted to get them from somewhere close since it was in the heat of the summer, late July. We had called around to several hatcheries in our area and ended up getting these at Cackle, that is in Missouri.

Well this was a big RIR roo. I would not say he was huge though. My hens are not real big though. I think the Delawares are far bigger than the RIR's. I also think my Barred Rocks and Black Australorps are bigger than the RIR. Mine are all hatchery birds. Possibly if you went with a non hatchery...

I have some Gold Comets too and to me they appear to be a little flighty. Very skittish things. Mine are young too but laying. I had one come screeching out of a nest box the other day because I was checking the box for eggs. None of my other breeds have ever done that before. I had been happy...

Well right now this Del boy and the 5 hens are my breeding stock for this year. So I won't be butchering them yet. I plan to hatch some of the eggs when they start laying and then butcher those later this year. We do eat more white meat than dark meat and I do like the big breast on this roo.

I did get some Dels started last summer. They are about 5 months old now. I will show you a picture of the rooster. He is a pretty good sized boy.

I do have an incubator so that is something to consider. Thanks

Quote: I second that lol we are on our third batch and they poop too much and are disgusting...They do taste good though. I have the same feelings you do I just can't do them any more. I want healthy chickens who are happy and getting into trouble while we are waiting to eat them lol. I...

To be perfectly honest we have done Cornish Cross twice now. The birds taste great but everything else about them we hate. They are way more messy than my dual purpose birds. What are good dual purpose breeds that make good birds to eat? Keeping in mind skin color etc. what do you recommend?