I had black giants. The rooster was impressive 14 pounds... but he was so big and mean that he even scared my Dad. we called him Black Devil. the hens were nice and quiet but their eggs were small and they broke eggs in the nesting box often.
Close to the age of 9 months something happened that caused this breed to drop like flies. They would limp or have a bad leg... some would just sit. I was able to keep my rooster alive for 3 weeks but once i left back for college my parents had to put him down... it was too sad seeing the head rooster go from 14 to 7 and be stuck in a cage because he couldn't walk. I don't have giants any more, I think all of them died off. It wasn't a disease because I paid for the vet to test the rooster to see why he went bad. All tests came back negative. I assumed it was a genetic problem or a joint problem because i felt inflammation in the hip joints of many of them.
This breed was a disappointment for me.
Close to the age of 9 months something happened that caused this breed to drop like flies. They would limp or have a bad leg... some would just sit. I was able to keep my rooster alive for 3 weeks but once i left back for college my parents had to put him down... it was too sad seeing the head rooster go from 14 to 7 and be stuck in a cage because he couldn't walk. I don't have giants any more, I think all of them died off. It wasn't a disease because I paid for the vet to test the rooster to see why he went bad. All tests came back negative. I assumed it was a genetic problem or a joint problem because i felt inflammation in the hip joints of many of them.
This breed was a disappointment for me.