Quote: thanks I have one of the basic models with no turner and I don't care for it. I'm looking at the genesis models now.
Quote: I do need to look more for a used one. I too don't like to retype.
I have a rooster that has the same shape as yours. but he is not underfed, in fact he is the high rooster in the pecking order. my DH teases him as the lean mean fighting rooster.so, here's a couple pictures of my possibly underweight Buff Orpington rooster.
With his lady friend. I think he's such a pretty bird, although I don't know a whole lot about the SOP. As far as weighing him, that's going to be a bit of an issue. I, hem, don't seem to currently own a scale that goes over 10lbs, and I know he's more than that. By heft I would say he's over ten pounds, but not more than fifteen.... I can try to borrow my Mom's scale over the weekend and actually get a weight. If you shouldn't be able to "easily feel" his keel, then he's definitely at least a little underweight. I'll up their night time ration. I keep having people tell me how Orpingtons are such piggies and will get obese and not even look for their own food if you let them.... I may have erred more on the side of not wanting to over feed.
I was cutting up stew beef today, so everyone got raw meat, I got fifteen minutes of laughs out of watching the chicks chase each other all over the brooder with meat hanging out of their beaks. Because the piece your neighbor has is evidently ALWAYS tastier than the one you could get out of the dish yourself.
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I'm so happy!!! It's our first baby lol pale yellow and looked rumpless in the few moments I got to see. My guess would be Araucana x Leghorn heehee!
