The Rooster I Couldn't Kill

[Euarto Gullible]

I've been hatching our own chicks and butchering the extra roosters for meat. For the last 2 months, a Maran barnyard cross, that I've named Kurt Russell, has been the alpha rooster. I've been putting off butchering him because I like him. He's 23 weeks now. I put him in the shed yesterday with water. I went to get him today, and picked him up. He struggled so much more than the others when I went to get them. The desire to live-the fight in him was incredible. I decided he's just too healthy, too strong, too well-formed, too beautiful, and too well-behaved to kill. I never had intentions of keeping a mutt over my flock, because I intended to breed. I'm curious if anybody else has mutt roosters over their flocks that they never intended to keep?

 

[sourland]

He is a strong and vigorous looking rooster - a real beauty. He would make a great flockmaster for an egg producing flock.

 

[risk]

He is very petty and very beautiful... I keepchickens mostly for pets and raise a few baby's..

 

[b.hromada]

He's a beautiful guy! I don't blame you, he's a keeper! But then again, I'd have to keep them all! Thanks for sharing.

 

[theoldchick]

Sure have! So long as they are nice to me, I've been known to keep mutts roosters. You don't have to raise chicks from him, just enjoy having him around.

 

[glendaschicks]

Awww He's beautiful!! I'm having trouble getting rid of a couple of roos myself.

 

[Chickens R Us]

I have a mutt roo( I hatched myself) I might keep he's so pretty

He is a BO roo over a BR hen

The older he gets the prettier he gets.

 

[gryeyes]

Kurt Russell is a very handsome fella!

Most of my fairly large flock is "mutt" or "mutt stock" because I let broody hens hatch and raise chicks willy-nilly. About twice a year, I break out an incubator to hatch pure-bred birds from purchased eggs so there are different genes to add.

So, I have never really intended to butcher this or that rooster..... I can still appreciate someone's stay of execution order for a particularly fine example of Roosterness.

 

[Euarto Gullible]

I saw him chase a big tom cat from the chicken yard the other day. I definitely made the right choice. I lost a few hens to a nasty red-tailed hawk (that thankfully has moved on) so I threw 7 BO eggs fertilized by Kurt Russell in the incubator. I'm curious to see what I get.

 

[Euarto Gullible]

Chickens R Us, your roo has nice coloration.