It looks like the hens he was with were picking his feathers out of his hackles. Hens in the full swing of egg production will pick the rooster's feathers for extra protein and calcium. Our layers and game brood hens do it too and I hate it. lol The mean old Sussex rooster that was in with my husband's White Leghorn hens was wild looking after the hens stripped his hackle and saddle feathers. lol We feed a good quality layer feed and supplement their diet with free access to oyster shell, and they still do it.
I really like his dark blue shoulder and his splash looking tail. And then his light blue body and wing bar and primaries. He is a very striking color. My Red Leghorn rooster has a high tail too, you just have to try to mate him to hens with lower tails to try to improve the tail angle. That is what I will try to do with the Red.
. Any of you all mechanics, cause I sure ain't.
What varieties are they? We save eggs and set every other week. So we alternate setting eggs from different breeds each week, so basically we have eggs coming off every Sunday. The eggs I ordered, I set on random days to get them in the incubator quickly without having to let them sit until the following Sunday. I currently have goose, turkey, and chicken eggs in lockdown this weekend. lol
