What was your all time favorite rooster?
And... what would your dream rooster be?
Did you ever give away a rooster and wish you had kept him?
My favorite rooster of all time was Zippy. He was an EE bantam. He was so sweet. 2 other big roosters took him out. That was the only time I had roosters do that. They must have been jealous.
I had my dream rooster an Ayam cemani
But I had no hens or plans on breeding this bird, so I traded him for a female of this same breed to a breeder friend. Ayam cermani is a neat breed, but I wanted just the one. My other birds are layers.
The rooster I wish I kept was my frizzle, he was not very pretty and was always molting. He had a blue feather/frizzle gene I wanted, and I had some chicks from him. I thought I didn't need him any longer. Well his chicks ended up being so pretty I wish I kept him. Below Silverman
below his daughter Greyslyn
I also gave away my pure LO roosters because I had eggs in incubator, the eggs were mixed but I thought I would have some blue chickens, they ended up black (black mom. I know how to get blue feathered chickens NO LESSONS please! but the black hens with no blue gene were the only hens I had at that moment.) I did get this one who is blue cochin/LO my current rooster.
And... what would your dream rooster be?
Did you ever give away a rooster and wish you had kept him?
My favorite rooster of all time was Zippy. He was an EE bantam. He was so sweet. 2 other big roosters took him out. That was the only time I had roosters do that. They must have been jealous.
I had my dream rooster an Ayam cemani
The rooster I wish I kept was my frizzle, he was not very pretty and was always molting. He had a blue feather/frizzle gene I wanted, and I had some chicks from him. I thought I didn't need him any longer. Well his chicks ended up being so pretty I wish I kept him. Below Silverman
below his daughter Greyslyn
I also gave away my pure LO roosters because I had eggs in incubator, the eggs were mixed but I thought I would have some blue chickens, they ended up black (black mom. I know how to get blue feathered chickens NO LESSONS please! but the black hens with no blue gene were the only hens I had at that moment.) I did get this one who is blue cochin/LO my current rooster.
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