Mama Heating Pad in the Brooder (Picture Heavy) - UPDATE

The white stripes can only be that thick in males as they can have two copies of that gene while females can only have one.

Well shoot. Now I can notice how much darker the other barred rock is. I wasn't planning to keep any roos but this one is one of the more friendly chicks.


That’s a pretty common trap we fall into. Even at a very young age males tend to be bolder and more curious than females, traits that one day could make them a good flock master. But that gives them personality so naturally we are drawn to them.

Females can have those traits also at that age but males tend to have it a lot more. That doesn’t mean the females will not be really friendly once you socialize them.
 
Good job, Kendra!! You go, girl!!!
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Does anyone have experience with isa Browns too? I have 2 and they look very different from each other at 3 1/2 weeks. Makes me wonder if I have one of each of those too
 
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Does anyone have experience with isa Browns too? I have 2 and they look very different from each other at 3 1/2 weeks. Makes me wonder if I have one of each of those too


I don't have ISAs, but I have another sex-link and quite a few of them look different in feathering from each other, but they are all pullets. Since they are technically a mixed breed, I figured it was what came out of the genetic do-si-do.
 

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