Rex the Roo is a good looking . . . What?

[rSpriggs]

This guy is huge and friendly! Well, timid is a better word, as he's the beta roo to 20 gals.

I'm crazy proud of him, as being the sire of half of this coming year's hatch (he was an '08 hatchling himself).

He has enormously thick legs, has no concept of his own true size, has some light feathering on his legs. .
Can anyone make some educated guesses as to his parentage?

He's mating with mostly RIR's; I'm looking to make a nice, large cold-hardy (it's 13 below, this AM) local dual-purpose breed.

Mostly, we've had RIR, Buff Orp, & some white hens that were green egg layers (probably not purebreds).

Any comments are appreciated - Thanks!

Russ

 

[gritsar]

He's very handsome. He has some of the coloring of a buff brahma roo and that would explain the feathering on his feet and the huge size.

 

[Mahonri]

Brahma X Buff Orp?

RIR X Buff Brahma?

 

[rSpriggs]

I guess any of the above are possibles, and I'm anxious to hear any more comments . ..
Not being as familiar with as many breeds as a lot of you folks, it gives me suggestions of pics I can research -
Thanks!

 

[gritsar]

You can see a pic of BrahmaMama's Rudy (a buff brahma) in this thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1325458#p1325458

 

[spookyevilone]

Nugget's long lost cousin?

-Spooky

 

[rSpriggs]

Gritsar, I think you've nailed it!
I take it, Thor is along the same lines?!

We named him Rex because of his big feet & size, as in "Dinosaur", not as in "King".

The alpha roo is like the other one posted on that thread- they came from neighbor's eggs.

They'd had (an apparently, now!) Brahma roo that took over setting when their mama got coyote'd. . . . he mothered them. We had custody of that batch, including the surrogate mother, while our friends were away. We called him "Mister Mom"!

As I'm looking into hatching out nice heavy dual purpose birds, this is a whole new awareness - Brahmas - for me.

Thanks!

 

[gritsar]

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Thor is a dark brahma. My alpha, Zeus is a light brahma.

I originally ordered a buff roo and a dark. Then I fell in love with Zeus (an accidental roo) and gave away my buff instead.
Someday I'll have myself a buff brahma roo.
Edited to add: Just FYI, brahmas aren't considered full grown until they are two years old.

 

[rSpriggs]

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Egads!
Gigantor!

 

[magsrags]

He is drop dead handsome, we have the same coloring he & I.