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LOL, I'm still here. I'm no expert on anything, but if you concentrate on a breed you really enjoy, no matter what the challenges are, you'll find the work less like, well, work! Jeff is right, it isn't something you can't change if you aren't satisfied with the direction it's going.

Guess I could, but others are more qualified than I for that task. The excellent barring seen more on bantam Barred Rocks than LF is so rare, in my experience, that it's almost like a different breed, in some ways. One thing I look for is on the sickle (tail) feathers, the barring is straight...

I know! So, I guess my Hawkeye was named after both, sort of, but I more had Last of the Mohicans' Daniel Day Lewis in mind than Alan Alda, LOL.

He is a Barred Plymouth Rock, a typical hatchery type bird, but a prince of roosters, in my book. Most of the girls he is paired with have better barring than he does (some are not hatchery stock) and most of the time, he is producing better quality birds than he is, at least with those girls...

greyfieds is right, that a really excellent Barred Rock is hard to find. Mine are utility, egglaying Barred Rocks, although a couple of my girls have better barring than most hatchery birds. My main point was that you should find what you love and breed that. I happen to love Barred Rocks. There...

Well, not necessarily, but it seems when they first find their voices, they like to use them...alot. And Suede has a very loud, deep crow, almost like a wolf howling at times. Hawkeye doesn't crow half as many times as Suede does. Suede is a year old and Hawkeye is two.

In the city, you have a special problem. All roosters crow, it's just a matter how loud and how often. My Hawkeye is the most gentle soul you could imagine. So is my Blue Orpington rooster, Suede, for that matter. They accidentally met face to face the other day and each of them allowed me to...

The best breed is the one you love the most, IMO. I adore my Barred Plymouth Rock girls, plus my flock rooster, Hawkeye, and his younger son, Zane, are the leaders around here. I may breed Blue Orpingtons, but if I had to clear out most of my other breeds, I'd stick to my Barred Rocks and Buff...