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[Double R]

Anyone know what breed this guy is?

 

[Peanut]

Sort of looks like a seagull got in the hen house! No idea. I got wiped out by raccoons once. Got some eggs from a neighbor and hatched them.

The strangest looking chickens I've ever seen, except in my neighbors yard .

 

[Pearl]

Don't know, but he's pretty!!

 

[Spikedriver]

Anyone know what breed this guy is?
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My official opinion is that his breed is known as the "Red Spotted Yum-Yum Heat Up The Fryer" variety...

 

[Magus]

Anyone know what breed this guy is?
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Yes, it's a cross between a Rhode Island red and those huge white chickens I'm so old I've forgotten the name of.maybe Domineker?
we had loads of them when I was a kid. the females run a gold to gold yellow. pretty docile breed and good layers too, good, thick
shells, very hardy and disease resistant.
Found it, the other half is called a Jersey Giant. so pretty much its a cross between a fryer and a layer.
Do the hens look like this?

 

[joel]

It is an Gallus from South East Asia.

 

[joel]

 

[Double R]

Yes, it's a cross between a Rhode Island red and those huge white chickens I'm so old I've forgotten the name of.maybe Domineker?
we had loads of them when I was a kid. the females run a gold to gold yellow. pretty docile breed and good layers too, good, thick
shells, very hardy and disease resistant.
Found it, the other half is called a Jersey Giant. so pretty much its a cross between a fryer and a layer.
Do the hens look like this?
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Don’t know what the hens would look like. He just showed up here on the property.
I didn’t know Jersey giants came in white. Just black as far as I knew. He’s pretty small but I think he’s fairly young.

 

[Double R]

It is an Gallus from South East Asia.

I looked that up online and didn’t find any that looked colored like him but could be from the pic you posted. Interesting. Haven’t seen a rooster like him before.

 

[Peanut]

He's a mixed breed. Got coloring of more than one variety. Here are the mixed chicks I hatched that year (with some RR's). They had splashes of color on white with streaks of black.

Your bird reminds me a lot of these, not exact but close. Mine definitely look like seagulls.

 

[Pearl]

Some strange California mutant rooster

 

[Double R]

@Peanut Thanks. He’s a very nice rooster so far. Good temperament as of now. Extremely comfortable in a cage. We haven’t decided his fate yet. He’s not a meatie bird but he does appear to be young. We are considering keeping him but we will see how it goes with our old rooster. Just can’t figure out where he came from.

 

[Magus]

Back to my description, they're very mellow birds.

 

[Amish Heart]

Almost looks like an easter egger. Or an Americauna with some lavender on him.

 

[Terri9630]

You said you needed a rooster so God sent you one.

 

[Double R]

You said you needed a rooster so God sent you one.

I told my husband last night that it would figure. Wait 2 plus years and not find one. Finally find chicks after trying incubation and broody hen. Then fight off scrub jays and lost some chicks. THEN a nice handsome young man strolls in begging to stay.

 

[SheepDog]

If it was a dog we would call it a mutt.
Good health, personality, and temperament.

 

[Magus]

Breeders would say "Hybrid vigor" LOL

 

[SheepDog]

Yes, but they are trying to sell it.

 

[Peanut]

Almost looks like an easter egger. Or an Americauna with some lavender on him.

Ameraucana was what I'm seeing the photo also. They come in many colors. But I think he's mostly mutt.

 

[Double R]

With his temperament so far we’re seriously considering keeping him. Only issue is if he will not be mellow with our old rooster who has immunity from the stock pot.
Will look into the suggested breeds and see if they are dual purpose. Looking for meat and eggs from his offspring.

 

[Double R]

Well…. It’s looking like stock pot it is for the new guy. He attacked me when I went to fill his food and let him out to have yard time. Hubby wants him to have a chance….. I think I’ve seen enough……..

 

[Amish Heart]

Oh well for him. Mean roosters get the same treatment at our place

 

[Double R]

Just seems odd he was “nice” yesterday when he showed up. He was quite hungry though and is thinner. We were able to net him easily yesterday. Was completely comfortable in a cage like he’s used to one, but when he comes out he attacks. I mean pecking and claws like a fighting rooster. I have serious concerns about our old rooster just from that behavior against a human. He flew up and stood on the fence so I was easily able to grab him before he got out. He’s contained back in the cage while we figure out a plan. Having the chicks makes it a far easier decision for me. This was EXACTLY why I wouldn’t buy a rooster off Craigslist. They all seemed to be fighting birds anymore around here

 

[Amish Heart]

Some roosters are just nuts. Maybe the people that had him before couldn't stand him and let him go. Maybe he's a young teen and his hormone are racing. Sometimes they settle down.
If he's in a cage, you could fatten him up and then eat him. Feed him lots of corn.

 

[Double R]

That’s what I’m thinking. Fatten him up and put him in the freezer.
Having chicks here now I’m not to concerned with giving him every chance possible. Especially risking the safety of our flock.
Not the first one to show up and end up in the freezer.
‘Thanks for the advice @Amish Heart

 

[Amish Heart]

Our son had a dz or so hens and one good rooster in a coop with a high walled run against a fence in the suburbs. He got up one morning and heard a huge ruckus and there was a rooster in there fighting with his rooster. Wondered if someone had a mean rooster and just threw him in there to get rid of him. The wall bordered an alley.

 

[Pearl]

I see a lot of "stray" roosters around my neck of the woods! I think people get chickens and get an unruly rooster and dump them out!

 

[Double R]

Probably part of why none of the farm stores even bother getting rooster chicks in anymore