It's the birds he's seen at shows he fell in love with. 15 pound big boys.
You need a White Rock rooster! Heavy and big, sweet as honey. I've not had one that was anything but docile. So big that they don't even struggle much when you handle them as they are just too heavy to get too rowdy.
Their feathering is so very fine that they feel like silk when you touch them and I never saw a white breed stay so clean all year round.
And...the meaty bird they produce! White Rock meat is so very densely packed on their frame that it has a fine texture, with double muscling in the breasts. Incredibly different than other breeds when brought to table...I didn't believe it until I had butchered some myself and found them to be a better texture and flavor(due to the fat they carry within the muscling).
Excellent laying genes as well, so they are the epitome of the term "dual purpose". Thrifty on feed if raised on free range as a chick, excellent foragers, excellent mothers(even the fathers, as it turns out, are excellent at mothering), docile and calm birds.
WR cockerel...
Cockerel taking a bath prior to a show...never bothered to fight the whole process, stood in front of a blow dryer for an hour with his eyes closed in pleasure. Took that long and STILL didn't get him dry!
So gentle even my ol' Mama can heft them around...but so heavy that she barely can.
) (his wife doesn't want him killing the chickens so they end up here.. )
