Normal weight for a New Hampshire Red rooster?

[weesy68]

I have a gorgeous New Hampshire Red rooster that I rescued from a live poultry market (he should have been someone's lunch). I weighed him today and he is fifteen pounds. Is this exceptionally large?

 

[weesy68]

I should add, is he show worthy? He is a huge scaredy cat and doesn't like to be held much, would this disqualify him for showing?

 

[Chris09]

He looks to be a cross and not a pure New Hampshire.

* Note that the breed is a New Hampshire and not a "New Hampshire Red". There is only one breed that has Red in its name and that is the Rhode Island Red.

Chris

 

[weesy68]

Hi, thanks for the correction. What makes you think he's a cross? Is it the dark feathering in his wings?

 

[Illia]

Most New Hampshires out there are not true to breed, and are actually underweight because of their over-breeding for production layers.

Your rooster has too low of a tail, too thick of legs, and too meaty of a breast for a typical production New Hampshire. He looks to me like a Freedom Ranger or a cross.

Even heritage and show type New Hampshires look like THIS . Still different from yours.

 

[weesy68]

Thank you.