I THINK he's stopped growing! (new roo pic) BABY PIC ADDED!

[gritsar]

Sjisty Have hope! Thor was pretty fugly for the longest time! It takes awhile for them to mature and get all their handsomeness in one body:

 

[Sjisty]

Thanks Gritsar - It took him forever to even get any feathers! He tried to drown himself when he was little, thus the name Puddles. I found him one morning in a puddle in the run part of the coop, cold and stiff as a board. When I picked him up to bury him, he moved! I brought him in, dried him off, and warmed him up, and he has been "Puddles" ever since!

 

[gritsar]

I forgot to mention. I'm trying to remember how old Thor was in that last pic. I think about 20 weeks or so.

 

[steffpeck]

It is amazing at how handsome some roo's turn out to be when given the chance to fully grow up. I have an Splash Ameraucana roo, that has just turned out AMAZING, and I though he was a she for the longest time. LOL.

 

[gritsar]

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Yep and it takes the LF brahmas so long to mature. A couple of my dark hens didn't even start laying till they were in their 9th month. Thor didn't even have a decent set of spurs until he was a year old. Now he's making up for lost time.

 

[NGT ANGL]

Holy Chicken! What a beautiful roo! He is so bir - are ou sure it isn't a turkey in a chicken costume?!!!