Whose my Daddy?!?

[Bean1028]

For what it's worth, the rooster in this pic hatched out as a chocolate brown chick with an orange face, very similar to your baby. His father was a black tailed buff ee (BO x EE). Mama....um...only ones we know for certain weren't...the barred rocks and bielefelders.View attachment 3919685

I love his black "hearts"!!

 

[rural mouse]

I love his black "hearts"!!

Me too. And he's a very caring guy. Had the 2 hatch mates of his get into a knock down drag out fight ranging across the yard. He called the hens away from the bush they like to lounge under before the idiots got there. When the Idiots got there, they stopped fighting, trotted back across the yard (pausing for a drink) to where they started....where the lined up and went at it again. Those both landed in the freezer. That was spring at a year old.

The following fall, one of my smallest birds was being attacked by a mini schnauzer. Whiskey got caught (some by the schnauzer too. She hid in a juniper bush over night (had a frost), and was shocky when I got her out. Checked her over and tucked her into my baby tote to keep an eye on her. She hunkered down and wouldn't move. In desperation, I went and caught him (needed to check him over anyway, he was fine). He settled in with her, started cooing to her and mostly sat on her like a mama hen on her chicks. The next morning he finally got her to eat, started crowing to one of the other boys outside, so I put him out. Tote was next to the door and he turned immediately to come back in. She hopped up on the edge of the tote, then down to join him. As soon as she did, he didn't want to come inside anymore and escorted her back to the rest of the flock.