Quick question for pondering...

[sewhorsey]

I can second the vote for a silkie roo. I bet a buff orpington would be nice as well, they are a docile breed.

If you get a roo, make sure you have a back up plan if he ends up being too much for the ladies or for you. My good friend was able to place a rooster with a flock at a local farm and we eat some of our birds, so the last kid-charging roo we had went into a soup pot.

Good luck!!

 

[MaggieRae]

Oh, that's a good idea! I love aracaunas! They're so pretty. I was thinking wyandotte... But I'll put one of those on my list too.

 

[MaggieRae]

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We'd eat him if he ever got to be too much trouble.

I'm kind of hoping they didn't sex one of my chicks right and I get a roo... But knowing my luck, its not likely.

 

[gritsar]

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My roo is a LF dark brahma. He's huge! 13 pounds last time I weighed him.
When he first started mating the hens their backs got tore up, but he got better with his technique

and hasn't caused more damage.

 

[MaggieRae]

Have any of ya'll heard of those saddles? Any of ya'll use them?

 

[gritsar]

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Saddles work. Contact BYC member Moodene (I think that's the spelling) about them. She makes them for sale.