just in case you hadn't caught wind... they dispersed and sold out... really sad nice birds, good blood, down the drain at little auctions, I was fortunate to get a quad from them though...
i successfully show also, and if you are going to spend the money on good show birds, GET RECOGNIZED VARIETIES, you will have a struggle finding the non-recognized and will not place nearly as well with them...
barred is the variety of the Rock. I agree that the blacks are Australorps, what happened is that both of these varieties(black and Barred) are breeding "true". This happens with my langshans, I can breed a black cock to a white hen and get some of each color. So the offspring and Rock...