No room for sentiment?

[its hilly]

When I first started to increase the number of chooks I had I promised myself that I would be sensible with them. Surplus cocks would have to go one way or another. And anything that wasnt a good fit healthy bird that represented its breed well would only be kept to lay for eating, not breeding.

So could anyone explain why I currently have a cream legbar cockeral who has a crooked tail and is, to be blunt, scrawney at his best, roosting on the bottom bar of my chair? Brought home for a little tlc as he's bottom of the pecking order, has lost weight, and is now being jumped by the other roos as he's gone all droopy and submissive like the hens. My head says he's useless, and should be culled...but...he's one of those who stand on one leg near you when you're working and keep up a running commentary. Not buc buc, but briip bruuk bweerk chunner chunner (just like my oh now I think about it)

[Sunbeam]

I spoke with a lady who breeds her own livestock for food & sale and even she has her favourites! Those don't make it to the table/freezer and pretty much live life to the full - she can't put her finger on it but something makes them stand out from the crowd as it were! Perhaps they are the reincarnation of someone she knows!!!

[Snadger]

I have a Silver sussex cockerel that I hatched from an egg. He attacks me every time I go in the coop but he's so beautiful and spunky I would never get rid of him! (Wouldn't breed from him either mind!)

[jessmorris]

I have an energetic and curious modern game bantam whom I'm SURE isn't laying (shrunken dark comb) but she's so sweet and always comes belting over when I call her - I'd never part with her ;-)

[jessmorris]

ahh he sounds so cute!
there's food, and there's layers and theres pets I guess...........;-)

[petal]

Oh I know! I have just despatched 4 unlovely light sussex crosses and can't bring myself to do the same to pigsy the salmon faverolle with the wonky leg! he is such a trier and so friendly - he chats away to me!

[Snadger]

Oh I know! I have just despatched 4 unlovely light sussex crosses and can't bring myself to do the same to pigsy the salmon faverolle with the wonky leg! he is such a trier and so friendly - he chats away to me!

My Faverolle cockerel is a big teddy bear also!

[RichmondHens]

We all have favourites we know are pretty useless but keep them anyway. I really do have to get strict this year and have a big cull, but keep finding excuses why I need to keep this bird and that bird, and so on. Sigh!

[its hilly]

RH, that's the trouble with me at the moment. With moving coming up I thought Id clear out the surplus cockerals, but my two original big hybrid roos are such cracking birds and so nice, and the rhodie is a twerp and needed to add back in to the hybrids line and.....nuff said.
Splat is adapting to being a house chook far too well, he loves sitting out in the sun with the rabbit and isn't even phased by the german shepherd poking him with her nose. He's improving slowly. He can go in with the growers and play 'uncle' when he's a bit brighter, they wont bully him yet.