Thank you everyone for the compliments. He's quite a beauty and will be a year old this spring. I hatched him from eggs I bought from BLISSCHICK here on this forum. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for eggs on this forum and others.
At the moment I have my entire flock mixed together, so he is in with Orpingtons, Standard Cochins, Gold Laced Wyandotte,Brahmas and a couple other breeds like EE's and Chanteclers along with My big Blue Orpington Roo and a Giant Black cochin roo. I have about 30ish hens so the guys aren't squabbling yet...lol.
My BLRW is dominant in the flock.
I am toying with splitting my run in the spring once the snow is gone. I have two coops that open to one run, but I have the extra fencing on hand if I choose to do it . I just don't know that I want to breed specifically for one color or breed.
I also know that if I separate him off I will be putting him in with a couple of my orpingtons as I fell in love with Gold laced Orps and want to toy on that end. I have a Gold laced Wyandotte hen that I would put with my big blue Orpington boy to try to play with but I am undecided if I want to go that route at this time.
I have some eggs in the bator now from my flock to see what I get. At this point I am content to enjoy my flock for myself. I have bred in the past....long ago and I don't know that I have enough time or inclination to go there again...lol.
He's sure a beautiful boy! Is the hen in the back from the same batch?
Last year I didn't have very many girls laying (6), but this year I'll have more than double that and some new blood in the flock to diversify the bloodline. Some of the new birds are looking very promising. I hope they all come out as pretty as he did! I'm glad to see his comb came out looking as good as it did. That's one of the issues I've been working on.