Dixie Rainbows Thread

[kenzier093]

Hi everyone. I never even heard of Dixie Rainbows. Anyway, I got some from tsc about two days ago and got these out of the assorted pullets bin. I posted these pics on another thread and someone told me they look like Dixie Rainbows. Do you think that is what they are? They have feathers on their legs too.

 

[davidchickens]

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\ I read dixie rainbows are featherless on their leggs.

 

[cbascom]

They look kinda like my light Brahma chick.

 

[StephWind]

The dixies don't have feathers on their legs, and look a little different - I'll dig out some baby pics. As for food conversion, they have been extremely efficient and are excellent foragers too!

 

[StephWind]

No small baby chick photos found, but this is from when they were about 3 weeks old.

 

[StephWind]

This one is 5 weeks old...

 

[StephWind]

4 months old

 

[Notchman]

First time in years and years having chickens. Went to TSC and got a few of the asstd. pullets. They had these Dixie Rainbows straight run so grabbed 4. Growing crazy fast and loudest of the lot.

 

[JNorth]

We also grabbed a Dixie from TSC this year but now I'm confused. Everyone is talking about how big they are and how fast they grow but the one I have is tiny. It's in with BSL's and some New Hampshire chicks and is by far the smallest chick of the bunch. They are all within a day or two in age.

Here's my Dixie at just over 1 week.

Here it is at 1 or 2 days oldold.

 

[CutlassL29]

We picked out 2 Dixie's along with 2 barred rocks and 2 golden comets. I was out of town for work a few days and came back last night and was amazed how much bigger all the chicks got! The dixies are a little more hefty looking than the others and they're almost 2 weeks old now. I'll try to get up some pics of the Dixie's later.