Posts by Fred's Hens

Quote: Originally Posted by From the North  As a spin-off question, is there a difference between grower feeds for layers vs meat birds?  Usually the Grower for broilers is higher in protein.  Trace...

    Like almost all the "breeds" we commonly know today, they were made by man.  They are composites of several birds over a hundred years ago.  The Rocks have Dominique, Cochin and others in their mix....

  Pullet indeed.  If it were a cockerel, it would have whiter barring to its look and have a serious red comb and wattles by now.

Not a Barred Rock. Although likely a Barred Rock in it's mix.   Likely crossed with a gold bird.  The answer would lie with the flock it came from.  What was also in that flock?  New Hampshire, Buff Orpington,...

Unless someone who has seen this before and can identify it, I would go with double yolker.  I've not heard that two chicks ever develop successfully.  I cannot imagine there is room for two, regardless of how large the shell...

Quote: Originally Posted by Jon0286  What type of red do these look like?   They look to be typical hatchery stock RIR, which is to say, strongly tilted toward the production red.  However, they do look...

Breeds.   Chickens are chickens.  They don't know or care about being a breed or not.   Breeds are a human invention.  A group of breeders have an idea about a chicken to look a certain way, to have certain...

The yellow legs don't match with the requirements of a Marans either.     I've had some "Barred Rock" pullets with a very similar look.  The "barring" improved greatly with age, but the truth is that these hatchery...

Quote: Originally Posted by SD Bird Lady  I know nothing about hatching but to me it looks like a "twin" that stopped developing.  A Siamese twin that didn't make it if you will.   Like a double...

Red Sex Link hens       Rhode Island Red rooster