Is my Barred Rock Rooster "show quality"????

Hello all!

Out of our first hatch with our new rooster last feb, came "spike". He's huge by comparison to our other rocks, and we think he's just handsome as can be!

Our question tho, is he show quality??? We have no idea.

Thanks in advance!!!

-Josh

No, he's handsome, for sure, but he's a typical hatchery BR cockerel. I love all my BRs, both hatchery, descended from hatchery and my heritage show stock. I think all BRs are wonderful and I started with hatchery Rocks.

This is a show quality BR male, though this is a young photo and he had more filling out to do.You can see the difference in the barring from your boy's:

Wow! Totally can see the difference between the two! Thanks for posting.

Beautiful bird youve got there!!!

How big is he???

Love the Barred Rocks! I am kicking myself for walking away from TSC last week without some chicks - that is the one breed I really want to get this year (didn't want to deal with any more chicks though after a fiasco with 8 RIRs... but now my 3 BLRW are looking pretty pink up top so I might only have 3 pullets this year. Hindsight is 20/20 right?)

Anyway, beautiful birds! Speckledhen - your guy is just gorgeous! I have never seen one with feathering like that before...

MoonAngel12 said:

Love the Barred Rocks! I am kicking myself for walking away from TSC last week without some chicks - that is the one breed I really want to get this year (didn't want to deal with any more chicks though after a fiasco with 8 RIRs... but now my 3 BLRW are looking pretty pink up top so I might only have 3 pullets this year. Hindsight is 20/20 right?)

Anyway, beautiful birds! Speckledhen - your guy is just gorgeous! I have never seen one with feathering like that before...

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A lot is made here on BYC between true, Rhode Island Reds, (largely thanks to Bob Blosi) and the hatcheries which primarily sell production reds. What hasn't gotten as much attention is the difference between a true bred Barred Rock and the hatchery stock. I've both, so please, I'm not dissing anything or anyone. Just saying Speckledhen's photo shows what a Barred Rock is supposed to look like.

speckledhen said:

No, he's handsome, for sure, but he's a typical hatchery BR cockerel. I love all my BRs, both hatchery, descended from hatchery and my heritage show stock. I think all BRs are wonderful and I started with hatchery Rocks.

This is a show quality BR male, though this is a young photo and he had more filling out to do.You can see the difference in the barring from your boy's:

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Wow! He made my eyeballs dance.

theoldchick said:

Wow! He made my eyeballs dance.

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Me too!! Wow, that is a stunning bird! DH and I both really love BR's but we've only ever had hatchery birds. What a huge difference! Thanks for posting that pic speckledhen, pleasure to see him.

Fred's Hens said:

A lot is made here on BYC between true, Rhode Island Reds, (largely thanks to Bob Blosi) and the hatcheries which primarily sell production reds. What hasn't gotten as much attention is the difference between a true bred Barred Rock and the hatchery stock. I've both, so please, I'm not dissing anything or anyone. Just saying Speckledhen's photo shows what a Barred Rock is supposed to look like.

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No offense taken! We're just learning about BRs... Very pleased in fact that someone replyed so quickly with a photo of a real quality bird for reference!

I think they are both sooo pretty! They both stand proud. I have BR pullets and they are pretty to look at !!!!