Info on rainbow chickens, photos

[chickenmama82]

I just bought 3 rainbow chicks. As I was checking out they decided to tell me that this breed can be aggressive. Does anyone know this to be true?

 

[Sariah Lawrence]

I just bought 3 rainbow chicks. As I was checking out they decided to tell me that this breed can be aggressive. Does anyone know this to be true?

I also purchased a rainbow at tractor supply in August with 5 other chicks. The rainbow is the friendly and gets along great with other 5 chicks so far. I also read about possible aggression after the purchase, but haven't seen any yet, guess time will tell.

 

[debid]

Rainbows are not a breed. They are branded mixes that have been selectively bred to be a good dual purpose bird -- rapid growth when young, decent layers, meaty. They aren't standardized for plumage but rather reflect the multiple breeds in the mix.

 

[Joanna Ryder]

hoover’s hatcher’s has a breed called rainbow chickens you can look on they’re website ... i have two roman is the hen and fieval is the roo. roman is very sweet fieval is relatively with the hens however we are overloaded on roos right now so don’t know how he would be if it was a better playing field

 

[HeidiN]

I have one rainbow chicken. She is large, buff color with some darker swirl patterns in her feathers. She lays a large light brown egg. Very friendly, looks huge next to my other layers.

 

[RainbowMama]

I have rainbows. They are a mix. They are meat birds but also good layers. They come in many different color patterns. Very hearty and heavy birds. I love them!