my 13 year old cradles our roosters like a baby and even puts them to sleep by massaging their crowns...lol. It's funny to see the blustery little fellow with his head flopped back and eyes closed. We handle our chickens...every day. That's really the best way we have found to keep them docile...
Black sex-link (also called Black Stars) are a cross between a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a Barred Rock hen. Both sexes hatch out black, but the males have a white dot on their heads. Pullets feather out black with some red in neck feathers. Males feather out with the Barred...
I am getting ready to butcher my first batch of fryers and have started them on garlic powder sprinkled on their feed...it helps keeps pests away from the egg layers too...I will post in another 2 to 3 weeks about their flavor. I am giving them out for friends and family to try too so I can get...