We now have an Orpington cockerel. One of the breed characteristics is that they are a bit larger than your average hen. As we are also breeding chickens for roast cockerel and cockerel casserole as well as eggs, it wont do any harm to have slightly bigger birds.
the difference in size between Gandy, our new cockerel and Andrew , the bantam is clear to see.
So Gandy has gone into a field along with some of the blackrock hens
If we end up with another broody hen in a few weeks ( that's the length of time is can take for the 'efforts ' of the last cockerel to wear off) we shall sit one on one of Gandy's eggs.
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