Contender for Next Year's Breeding Cock

[Redhead Rae]

This 4.5 week old LF Cornish cockerel is really looking like a good contender for next year's breeding cock.

Look at the shanks on him already!

 

[RiverOtter]

Handsome little fella!!

 

[RUNuts]

Pardon my ignorance. What criteria are you using? Size at this age? Growth rate? Interested in your choices. Thank you.

Chickens! Can't take them anywhere. They poop on the handrail. The poop on your lap. Ugh.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Pardon my ignorance. What criteria are you using? Size at this age? Growth rate? Interested in your choices. Thank you.

Chickens! Can't take them anywhere. They poop on the handrail. The poop on your lap. Ugh.

Growth rate, breast size, shank size. Of course I may be raising another that does better.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Chickens! Can't take them anywhere. They poop on the handrail. The poop on your lap. Ugh.

Every time I go to take pictures of him, he has to take a monstrous crap. I think me catching him gets his adrenaline going and flushes him out.

 

[Molpet]

unfortunately you don't know how well they can breed a hen until much later
poor steve still hasn't gotten the hang of it... I have only seen him successfully mate once....out of 8 eggs only 2 had bullseyes... and they could have been from the same hen

 

[Redhead Rae]

unfortunately you don't know how well they can breed a hen until much later
poor steve still hasn't gotten the hang of it... I have only seen him successfully mate once....out of 8 eggs only 2 had bullseyes... and they could have been from the same hen

Yeah. I want 1-2 back ups as well. You know this already @Molpet but His dad, HAL was one of 3 but one Cochin cockerel beat him and his compatriots up so badly that the other two died. I almost lost HAL too.