Speackledhen - look how they have grown..... PICS ADDED

[Crazy4Chicks]

well here are my 2 BR bsbies - Maverick and Annabelle.

Maverick is so sweet he will let me pick him up and carry him around all day, such a sweet calm boy.

Annabelle is a little nut case - flighty and really does not like being held much, but she will let me hold her once I get her.

So far I dont see any saddle feathers and he has not tried crowing yet....
funny things is Maverick is the darker one and Annabelle is a real light color.

Maverick - sorry a little blurry he kept trying to jump off the couch and explore

here is flighty Annabelle

 

[Tutter]

Aren't they a nice looking pair! And how wonderful to have such a lovebug rooster!

 

[speckledhen]

Aw, I love my BR roosters! Many here will remember I had one named Maverick, too! Here's my Maverick-hope yours will stay as sweet as mine was. I sold him so he could have his own harem of lovely ladies to a lady in Alabama.

 

[sweetshoplady]

What a nice pair of BRs! he's a really handsome roo! Annabelle is so pretty.

The older roo there is quite a looker!

 

[Smitty's Farm]

Awwweeee! So cute! How old are they now?

Thanks for sharing your pics!
Kim

 

[kaylakala]

How lovely!!!
Thanks for sharing the pics

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

Maverick and Annabelle joined our family April - 23 -- I think they were about 1-2 days old when we got them from TSC.

hard to believe I have only had them here for a month - they really do look older than that.

Cyn -- your Maverick was a very handsome roo - I cant wait till my little man gets his saddle feathers and starts to look more grown up.

I have been holding him daily and carry him around the yard hope that keeps him as sweet as he is now.

After reading about so many wonerful BR roo's I was hoping that when I went to TSC I would get me one ( I think its the only time I was hoping to get a roo ).

 

[speckledhen]

Julie, I have had wonderful experiences with Barred Rock boys. There are always exceptions, but by and large, they are one of the great breeds in the roosters, IMO. (Oh, I got your envelope today-thanks!).

 

[Smitty's Farm]

They do look so healthy! I wish I had some BR. I've heard such wonderful things about the breed. I knew they were dependable layers, but it's good to know that the roos have good dispositions.

Good to see you posting again, Julie!

How's your breeder's coop coming along?

 

[Crazy4Chicks]

well my breeding pens have to put on hold right now -- with the pulled muscle in my back it is making breathing hard - let alone anything else,, plus DH has second degree sunburn on his legs from a weekend of fishing in shorts and forgetting his sunblock !

right now I have one lagre main layer run/coop -- and hopefully this weekend I will be able to get another coop done in a smaller run that is 10 foot wide 31 feet long and the coop will be 10 foot by 5 foot

my banty's are going in it and at some point we will be adding a coop at the other end and spilting that pen in half

I have 10 cochin banty's that hatched on mothers day - 3 turned out to be frizzle

so we will be doing some breeding with them.

I have to see what hatches out of the blue orp eggs my broody is sitting if I get 1 roo and 3 pullets a pen will be made for them also - but we will wait and see. she is on day 19 today

I managed to get a hoop coop done that is 9 feet long by 3 feet wide that has a small coop attached that Maverick and a few others are in right now until they are older

so things have been very busy - painful and busy LOL