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She is a LF... She is just young + I took the picture with my phone so it is a little misleading. Mom is well within standard and dad is huge(8.5 lbs). Previous pullets from this pairing are average to slightly above average.
 
CCCCCCCCHICKENS said:
I would like to see this 8 1/2lb Rooster! I hope you an find some pictures
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Yes, I know he has silver leakage and his comb is a bit large...... his size keeps him around. My goal is to produce a like sized replacement without the leakage. I keep getting pullets... I have one cockerel that was looking good but has grown one gold feather. Ugggh! He has produced some really nice black pullets with excellent size and really nice (type) blue pullet but without much lacing (egg color decent & egg size excellent ...2.2 oz for her 2nd egg) I just wish I could get some cockerels to choose from. My last hatch was a bust.... 0 out of 6 from the blue hen. Hatch rate had been nearly 100% from this rooster before so I am thinking the hen was hiding from him. Anyway, hope you like the pick. I weighed him during the summer


at 8 lbs 7 oz.
 
Way too
jajeanpierre said:
Today I had some visitors, one being a hyperactive 5-year old boy.  My almost 7-month old Ameraucana cockerel snuck in a little half-hearted attack on the boy, jumping up and using his feet.  How big a problem is this (other than for children)?  Is this likely to progress to aggression against me?  I will now lock him up any time little kids visit and probably anytime anyone visits.   Should I be locking him up for any visitors?  Should I be inviting this bird to dinner?

He free ranges with three other same-age cockerels and three same-age pullets.  One of the pullets has started laying.  Another has checked out the nest boxes.  The two most dominant cockerels (the above bird being #2 on the cockerel hierarchy) have started trying to attempt to breed those two pullets.

I also have a separate flock of pullets, bantams and a few small Polish, that are in a large pen.  A couple of the Silkies are little hussies, sneaking out to be bred by the most dominant Ameraucana cockerel when I service their pen.

I intend to slaughter two of the Ameraucana cockerels but have just put it off because it is just not a fun thing to do.  I also have a couple of bantam cockerels that free range in my back yard--again, they live because they aren't causing any problems so why not?  There's a lot  of testosterone at my house.

I'm not crazy about only three pullets for the two cockerels, but they all free range, so I hope it won't be a problem.  I want the two cockerels for predator protection.  I was really happy to see the two I intend to keep trying to attack my big scarlet macaw parrot that flew low over them today.  (I fly the macaws outside.)  They chased the macaw for about 40 feet--I've never seen them run so fast.


How bad was the 7-month old cockerel doing a sneaky attack on the little boy?  Is that normal/expected behavior?  Should I expect that kind of behavior from the other one as well?
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way many males OR not enough females. That can't be a healthy environment.
 
It sucks he does have leakage, but understand why you use him. He has some good qualities.

I would still like to see your little girl at about right after she starts to lay and than I can tell you more of what I think. They really do not mature till they are 12 months old. Every time my birds get to that age I am amazed that a gangly bird turned into something so beautiful.
 

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