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Wow my jaw dropped! Thanks for sharing!here you go. This is my son holding my largest one. I was off on his wingspan by 5 1/4 inches lol. But it was a good guess though.In the above photo he got to big to even take to the local backyard chicken shows, so we had to stop taking him. He has won 7 Blue ribbons at local neighborhood farm shows. But when I can't fit him in the cage any more because he is so tall we had to give up. My daughter loves to take him and show him, however she now has to do it with our smaller roosters. Stormy is way to big to move around any more.
Tail when we measured it today was 3 Ft and 5 1/2 inches long Wing span was 5 feet 6 3/4 inches. I had someone tell me the other day that we need to put them on the feathersite However I couldn't access it that day. And been so busy with the flocks over the past week. Stormy is our big baby and we can cuddle with him. There is nothing more enjoyable then burying your face in his saddle feathers. Great Temperaments, are great with animals, and kids. He gets along with our other roosters. They are dual purpose, Hens lay eggs almost all year round, and they make a great meat bird. The cat actually sleeps next to the hens when they lay their eggs, and no issues at all. In fact the roosters are far more Docile then many of the other breeds that we have had over the years. There are 2 strains to this there is the Welch strain far bigger and more useful for keeping away predators then the smaller sized cousin which came from Scotland. The Scottish cousin is built the same but about 5 pound different in weight. I have 7 Scottish hens and 1 rooster. As for the Welch we have 3 total roosters and we have 25 hens, and a few pullets. Full maturity doesn't happen until when they are about 18 months old. They live very long lives though and can reach between 15 and 20 years old. These are not the newer chickens that die young and stop laying at young ages.
