He sounds like a wonderful pet rooster to have around, but I would not use him for breeding. His color is far too washed out, buttery brown/gold, instead of the deep dark mahogany that it should be. I also would not use a splash in my breeding program unless it had a deep, dark red to start or an amazing wyandotte shape. (IMO he lacks both) The splash tends to wash out the red more. As a positive, his beak is nice and short and his legs appear to be a nice yellow. I personally would not start with hatchery birds, if your goal is to breed. You can find plenty of great BLRW breeders on here who are breeding and selling some great stock. My opinion is only that, my opinion. I am in love with the BLRWs and really want to only breed birds that give a great representation of what a BLR should be. I've seen way too many on here lately that are very poor examples and it is quite discouraging.Wyatt, our 15 week old Blue Laced Red Wyandotte cockerel extraordinaire! He comes and squats submissively by me, awkwardly runs toward me in delight (he is HUGE and the largest of all our flock)... I mean HUGE!!!
He'll give me a peck when I'm not ex pecting it. I guess he wants to keep me on my toes. He's fabulous with the girls and always quietly observing on the fringe of the flock - not a huge leader or protector. He WILL answer any challenge that Manny or any of the other cockerels try to deliver - and he always wins. (Unlike Manny, he's still working on his crow. Manny has it down.. stone cold.)[COLOR=37404E]Wyatt is the best looking of our McMurray straight run chicks. I hope to keep him and see if I can start working toward a standard. What do you folks think? Is he a good candidate? [/COLOR]
