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As I recall, we passed Michigan a few months ago, after being behind them by about 400 posts for weeks. We were ahead of them for less than 24 hours and then they ran away and got more than 1,000 posts ahead of us, and they have remained about 600 posts ahead of us ever since - until this weekend.
We don't have any bantam roosters right now. The first and only one I ever paid money for, was a black cochin. As I recall, my son made me promise not to give him to the neighbor, for butchering. He didn't think I would be able to do the buzzard in by myself, so he thought the rooster was safe with that promise. I had never killed a chicken before, but I got the neighbor to show me how and I did the deed myself. I kept my promise - she didn't butcher him - but that irritating bird was GONE and my ankles were safe again.
Someone later gave me a pair of teeny tiny black chickens that I never identified, but I rehomed those to a friend. She thought they were adorable and I was happy to see the rooster half of the pair gone. That was several years ago and I think she is still enjoying the pair. The hen loves to hatch out her eggs and then my friend has babies to play with.