Good Roosters?

[armdchicken]

I am ordering some chicks online and wanted to get a roo. So my question is Which would be the best: An orloff, a turken, a sebright, or a nankin...? I would prefer this roo to be somewhat friendly (i know how hard that is to find in a roo) and wont fight with other roos (i know how hard it is to guarantee that..). Any suggestions would be helpful.

 

[Illia]

Rooster temperament in many occasions is actually dependent on his strain, not breed, so, - I say go with one less prone to being bred for egg laying (tends to produce aggressive males)

I say go with the Orloff or Turken. Orloffs especially I've not heard bad of from hatchery stock when it comes to temperament, Turkens I occasionally have but many are absolute sweethearts.

I've personally had a couple mean and kinda dumb Sebright roosters from hatchery stock, never met or heard of from Nankins though.

 

[La Mike]

Out of those picks I personally would go with the turken. I have never had a mean turken.

 

[armdchicken]

Cool...i was leaning toward the orloff or turken more but i never heard much about the nankins...I had a feeling that sebright roos werent going to be the best choice but they are pretty birds...maybe i will just get some sebright hens...

 

[armdchicken]

anyone know anything about nankins...?

 

[Mahonri]

There is a breeder of nankins on BYC from WI. Name escapes me.

But I think they are bantam... same as seabrights.

I'd go with the Orloff.

 

[armdchicken]

oh okay...so two people are for orloffs and two are for Turkens (or is it 1 1/2 for orloffs and 1 1/2 for turkens...) hmm....choices, choices

 

[gryeyes]

Gosh, and I have two Silver Sebright roosters I need to rehome...... <*sigh*>

For what you're looking for, I'd say go for the orloffs. Unless you'd like to make arrangement to provide a home for Alex and George?

 

[armdchicken]

thats ok...unless they're willing to go to alaska lol

 

[armdchicken]

i was looking around the site and found some more that seemed like they would make good roos: A faverolle, a kraienkoppe (only because i never heard of them), a sultan or just stick with the orloffs??? TOO many to choose from