Gold Spangled Spitzhauben rooster 16 weeks old

[Stlchicks3]

Available in St Louis, Missouri area. I can deliver to Metro East or Southeast Missouri areas. He’s from Greenfire Farms Gold Spitzhauben line. These are fun, curious chickens. They have been handled ever day since birth. They are a Swiss breed. Very good in cold weather and hot, humid weather. Good foragers. I included a pic of his female hatch-mate. I think they have good Mohawks.

 

[Rose the Legbar]

I wish I lived a lot closer as I would take him in a heartbeat! His crest is quite beautiful I would suggest posting this in your state thread! Let me find that for you.
Edit: Here is it! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/calling-any-one-from-missouri.73271/page-1782

 

[Stlchicks3]

Thanks! I’ll try that group. I had the Greenfire Farms hatching egg fever this summer. It wasn’t cheap but it was fun. We’ve got the gamut of roosters- Spitzhauben, Bruges Fighter, Light Sussex, Swedish Flower Hen, 55Flowery, and some as yet unrevealed potential roosters. Right now, the Gold Spitzhauben is the only one who is crowing for real. The Bruges Fighter is trying his voice out, but so far it’s nothing much. That one needs to get in his permanent flock asap, while he’s still small. The rest of the cockerels are going to have to go too unless we manage to

move out of the suburbs before they start crowing.

 

[Stlchicks3]

I wish I lived a lot closer as I would take him in a heartbeat! His crest is quite beautiful I would suggest posting this in your state thread! Let me find that for you.
Edit: Here is it! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/calling-any-one-from-missouri.73271/page-1782

Thanks! I found the Spitzhauben a home. Everything is a lot quieter around here without him and his two girls. The Spitzhaubens are sooo busy and curious.
Strangely, his hatchmate, a Sussex, got attacked by something two days after he left. It may have been our own dog. That little vigilant rooster may have been doing more than I gave him credit for.
Chicken finances…I sold three chickens for a measly $60 and am spending days of work and much more $ than that in trying to patch up the chicken that was being protected by the chicken I sold.
He probably won’t make it. His bone is almost entirely exposed on the wing. His radius I think. He’s still eating though. Last night I almost had my neighbor euthanize him but he was so bright eyed that I thought I’d give him more time. I saw a barn cat one time whose whole tail was just the exposed bone. We got it amputated off when we saw it but the cat acted like nothing was wrong.