Early signs of a good rooster to be.

[RWise]

My chicks were hatched the 21/22 of last month, yesterday the heat went off (brooder) and lights out last night, food picked up/put up. This morning when I put the food out a BSL (oddball) came over checked it out and started chuckling/dancing, all the others ran over and started eating.
Why does this guy have to be the dominate? I dont like him, because he is a sexlink, he will look like a barred rock in an EE body. And I wonder just where he came from, the rooster is black EE, the hens are all EEs (except 2 GEMs their chicks are white)
What signs do you see in cockerel that show they may be worth keeping/breeding?

 

[sylviethecochin]

How they treat the humans is number 1, how they treat the hens is number 2. I usually don't care about colors (unless they're really special), though I will consider body shape and size.
Personally, I sort of like barred EEs.
But you're the human. Pick the one you want.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

A chicken with good personality usually makes more better personality’s,can tell you from experience.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

So always ago for ones with the best personality

 

[RWise]

This batch is going to be hard, there are several that look really good (at this point). Now if they can just pass other tests, I have seen 3 of them call alerts,,, and this batch lets me walk up to them and pick them up,, well 'cept the 2 white ones,,,, The rooster that was on the flock is very calm, I hope this passed down.

 

[aart]

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/early-signs-of-a-bad-rooster.1245883/