First of all, these pics represent my usual lack of skillz with the digicam ... coupled with Spikey's natural tendency to turn away from the camera. Perhaps I should have named him after my dad, given the shared aversion to cameras, but this might give an impression of just how solid this cockerel is.
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| Spikey the single comb Wyandotte |
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| Spikey and a couple of the red broiler pullets |
As the Wyandotte cockerels were growing out, I lamented the single comb on Spikey because he has such substantial beach ball shaped body. He's at least half brother to Tiny and Azar, but while he's noticeably shorter than those two, he is also wider and rounder. He'll make a nice Meaties sire, starting with the five red broiler pullets I kept (who lay quite well for a meat breed/cross too). I decided that I'd like most of my Meaties that I breed to be single combed, as that will make it a little easier to tell at a glance in a few generations which birds are supposed to be Meaties and which are the official Wyandottes.
When I picked him up a few weeks back to move him in with the broiler pullets, I was happily impressed with how solid he feels. Hubby thinks it amusing I described him as a little "meat brick," but he really does feel that solid.
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