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One of these 4 will be my main flock leader and breeding rooster for the next year. Within about the next 6 weeks I need to have only one of these guys left. But I can't decide which one to keep. So who would you choose based on looks and the qualities I point out below?
1. They are all happy, healthy and active.
2. They all have the same father who was an Indian Game cross Light Sussesx.
3. Non of them have started crowing yet or displaying any other grown up rooster traits (even though their father was a big crower, every time he crowed he had to let about 20-25 crows out at a time).
4. They are all about 23 weeks old.
I am not after any particular traits. With a father like that I know their offspring won't be the best layers. I am also not too fussed about meat qualities, although I don't want a particulalry skinny guy. I just want a good flock leader, protecter and breeder, and a rooster who looks quite nice. The hens the chosen rooster will have will be some large ones like sussex, and even smaller ones like leghorns.
Rooster 1 (below): This guy is at the top of the pecking order out of the 4 roosters. However, he is also the one who gets scared easily and runs at the smallest sign of trouble. Quite panicky. He is also the largest in terms of size, quite large.
Rooster 2 (below): This guy scares quite easily, but no where near as easily as rooster 1. He can be quite calm at times. He is about the same size as rooster 1. He is 3rd in the pecking order out of the 4 (there's actually a circle of pecking order betweeing these remaining 3 roos, so they are all essentially 3rd in the pecking order.)
Rooster 3 (below): Noticeably smaller than the above 2 in size, but still a good sized roster. Quite calm, does not scare as easily as the others. 3rd in pecking order.
Rooster 4 (below): Maybe slightly smaller than rooster 3 in size, about as calm as rooster 3 if not calmer, does not scare easily.
So if you had to choose one of these to keep for the next year, which one would you choose?
1. They are all happy, healthy and active.
2. They all have the same father who was an Indian Game cross Light Sussesx.
3. Non of them have started crowing yet or displaying any other grown up rooster traits (even though their father was a big crower, every time he crowed he had to let about 20-25 crows out at a time).
4. They are all about 23 weeks old.
I am not after any particular traits. With a father like that I know their offspring won't be the best layers. I am also not too fussed about meat qualities, although I don't want a particulalry skinny guy. I just want a good flock leader, protecter and breeder, and a rooster who looks quite nice. The hens the chosen rooster will have will be some large ones like sussex, and even smaller ones like leghorns.
Rooster 1 (below): This guy is at the top of the pecking order out of the 4 roosters. However, he is also the one who gets scared easily and runs at the smallest sign of trouble. Quite panicky. He is also the largest in terms of size, quite large.
Rooster 2 (below): This guy scares quite easily, but no where near as easily as rooster 1. He can be quite calm at times. He is about the same size as rooster 1. He is 3rd in the pecking order out of the 4 (there's actually a circle of pecking order betweeing these remaining 3 roos, so they are all essentially 3rd in the pecking order.)
Rooster 3 (below): Noticeably smaller than the above 2 in size, but still a good sized roster. Quite calm, does not scare as easily as the others. 3rd in pecking order.
Rooster 4 (below): Maybe slightly smaller than rooster 3 in size, about as calm as rooster 3 if not calmer, does not scare easily.
So if you had to choose one of these to keep for the next year, which one would you choose?
