A friend brought fertile Australorp eggs a couple of years ago and one of the chicks was a red/buff roo. I’m new to the whole chicken thing but from what I’ve read this is quite rare? He’s the most amazing boy! Not a nasty bone in his body. I’d love your thoughts on him 
Photo is of the man himself and a few of the lovely hens he’s given us. Excuse the tail, poor fella has been moulting.
Photo is of the man himself and a few of the lovely hens he’s given us. Excuse the tail, poor fella has been moulting.
Given the leg color of some of the hens, it's that there is some DNA other than Orpington in those birds. He's a beauty for sure.
He’s in with mostly Australorps, but a couple of wyandottes and an Isa Brown too. The Australorp hens are black and blue. Could that explain the leg color of the hens? I have no idea about the color genetics of chickens but am excited to learn! He sure is, with the personality to match 
