The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[The Moonshiner]

If I do that I won't have anything left for my cuckoo d'Anvers project!

So what you're saying is..... you need a couple cuckoo Leghorn cockerels?

 

[Amer]

So what you're saying is..... you need a couple cuckoo Leghorn cockerels?

The point is to introduce good barring, not single combs!

 

[Amer]

Besides, Leghorns would probably make them even more aggressive, not less!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Leghorns aren't aggressive.
And I was just trying to push Leghorns on you.

 

[Amer]

The Dominique bantam was not aggressive to humans, just too high energy for the other birds to deal with
He had Nice Guy Syndrome and was either overbearing with the hens (giving them way too much attention and trying to get them to come for food, or dancing and showing off constantly) would try to beat up every rooster he was caged with, unless he was smaller than it, then they'd recognize how awful he was and would beat him up and he'd hide in a corner and act like a wimp.
The cuckoo d'Anver hen was the only bird that was smaller than him with enough spine to tolerate him, though I'm sure she didn't like him. (Fortunate that she could handle him because I planned to breed them.)
Eventually I felt bad for him being in solitary confinement and let him into the large flock. He was of course terrified of the LF roosters (though they really didn't pay him any mind.) I figured the best life for a Dominique bantam is free range. Idk what happened to him.

 

[Amer]

His personality was actually why I got him for free. He was very good quality for a Dominique bantam but the breeder said he didn't have the right personality to be caged or something. She was right.

 

[KF0002]

D'Anvers are aggressive
But the Dominique D'Anver cross roosters are the worst I've ever had, combining the flying abilities and aggression of a d'Anver with the energy and agility of a Dominique. They will never give up or stop attacking you. They are little demons. They know exactly what are their sharpest parts of them and they will ensure you feel them as often as possible.

Yeah mean roosters like that are mighty tasty. lol It must be something with bantams (aka banie chickens where I'm from) because they seem extra prone to aggression. The roosters think they are 10 feet tall and bulletproof.

 

[KF0002]

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Agreed. lol

 

[KF0002]

The Dominique bantam was not aggressive to humans, just too high energy for the other birds to deal with
He had Nice Guy Syndrome and was either overbearing with the hens (giving them way too much attention and trying to get them to come for food, or dancing and showing off constantly) would try to beat up every rooster he was caged with, unless he was smaller than it, then they'd recognize how awful he was and would beat him up and he'd hide in a corner and act like a wimp.
The cuckoo d'Anver hen was the only bird that was smaller than him with enough spine to tolerate him, though I'm sure she didn't like him. (Fortunate that she could handle him because I planned to breed them.)
Eventually I felt bad for him being in solitary confinement and let him into the large flock. He was of course terrified of the LF roosters (though they really didn't pay him any mind.) I figured the best life for a Dominique bantam is free range. Idk what happened to him.

Something probably ate him. That's what happened to my first OEGB bantams. I learned the hard way they are extra easy pickings for all kinds of predators, and they don't do well free-ranging.

 

[KF0002]

So what you're saying is..... you need a couple cuckoo Leghorn cockerels?