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[BamaChicken]

Sorry you lost your Big Daddy, he was a handsome fella.

 

[BamaChicken]

Kathy that black pullet in number 15 looks very english typey. Very pretty girl. I like the blue cockerel in 14 You have some really pretty blue pullet and blacks ones too. I see a few keepers in the black cockerels. Let me know how they taste.

 

[kathyinmo]

I want English type. That roo in # 14 is very small. Half the size of the others. Which one would you keep?

 

[BamaChicken]

Do you mean smaller just in height? If he is wide and typey I might hang on to him for a while. You can breed a smaller typey cobby cockerel over larger girls and still reproduce size. Usually if the hens are smaller it will not work . Anyway that is what I have read and found to be true.
I have some that are looking really good. Still young yet though. i have one little guy that is smaller but very wide and I like his personality. I have just got to let him grow out to at least six months and see how he looks. I really don't have room but I just like him and am curious as to how he will end up. He is about 3 months now.

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Hello friends!

Bama what does cobby mean? Kathy those are beautiful birds! How do you plan to cook them (I am serious) when the roos get past 14 weeks I have read that the testosterone kicks in and makes them tough.

Are you going to use them for soup?

 

[BamaChicken]

12 has some possibilities. how old are they? 4 months?

 

[kathyinmo]

I will get a picture of him next to the other boys. He is very small. I was thinking he is just gonna be a late bloomer. I do plan to keep him, just to see if that is the case.

Right now I am just (again) over run with roosters. I have 40 meaties (Cornish Cross) and at least 25 other roos that have to go, not counting the 11 Orp roos I have. I have got to get cull roos very soon. I figured another month. The Orps will be 5 months old then. Most of them are already huge!

 

[kathyinmo]

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The thing is, I don't want to take them to auction and get just a couple bucks for them. They are worth much more than that. I would rather eat them. You should see the beautiful reds I have that are going too (RIR, rosecomb RIR, Buckeyes) and Barred Rocks, too! Soup, stew, anything slow cooked. I really hate to, but .....

 

[StormyMoon]

I really like those blue and black orps they are so pretty. Are they they same size as regular buff orpingtons?

 

[Germaine_11.20]

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The thing is, I don't want to take them to auction and get just a couple bucks for them. They are worth much more than that. I would rather eat them. You should see the beautiful reds I have that are going too (RIR, rosecomb RIR, Buckeyes) and Barred Rocks, too! Soup, stew, anything slow cooked. I really hate to, but .....

I completely understand. I just wondered how you were going to cook them, maybe I can learn something! I always cook my roos up for soup or casseroles but most of the flavor comes out in the water and the meat is blah and dry. Soup is good....