If you were going to get a rooster, what breed would you get?

[pound4pound]

colored costumes doesnt stay on for a while.

 

[Scatterknit]

Some inject the eggs with food coloring before they hatch. Others spray or mist them with water mixed with food coloring. Apparently it doesn't hurt them - the main objection is that people who buy easter chicks because they're cute colors are not likely to take care of them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/us/dyeing-easter-chicks-raises-concerns.html?_r=0

So I decided to rescue a couple. I guess they're cornish? Who knows.

 

[pound4pound]

cornish x chicks are cheaper. you can keep rooster for breeding and will boost the offspring growth from the cross.

 

[Den in Penn]

They could just as easily dye White Leghorns or White Plymouth Rocks as well as any other white breed. Leghorns are usually used because they lay better then any of the other breeds and thus be more economical if they are dyeing in the egg. If they are dyeing after hatching then again they again are likely Leghorns, They would be using the males sorted out and likely to be a loss if no other use were found. Cornish x are meat birds and both sexes are raised till...

 

[Scatterknit]

Once they get a few more feathers on them I think I'll post a pic and see if anyone can tell what they are. The one I think is a Roo is pretty active and brave. He rides happily around on my son's shoulder, and bosses the others around. He certainly acts like a Roo. We've named him Pot Pie just in case.

 

[Michael Apple]

I have to admit that I am shallow and want to surround myself with the beautiful people of chickendom so I want a rooster that is just drop dead gorgeous. At the same time, I don't want a bully.

Just consider the mature size of the rooster versus the size of hens you will have. A Barred Rock Rooster is around 9 lbs and Leghorn Hen may weigh 4 lbs. Hens would be injured badly in that instance. Orpingtons tend to be very docile and prone to being picked on by more assertive breeds like Wyandottes.

 

[SilkiesForEver]

I looked it up, and apparently it could even be chicks with colored plumage. Like EE's.

I think the most common breed they dye are Leghorns.