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    Is there such a thing as a Barred rocks that is solid black ?

    Yes the black Austrolop! rooster fathered them all. I have a mixture of hens, 2 rhode island reds, 2 white leghorns, 4 barred rock, and one solid black hen (she's probably an austrolop also as she has the dark legs). It is funny to see the offspring of the white leghorn because they are white...
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    Is there such a thing as a Barred rocks that is solid black ?

    Thanks for all of your help. I saw the roosters feet bottoms today and they are pink so I guess he is an Austrolop. Here are some of his babies pics.
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    Is there such a thing as a Barred rocks that is solid black ?

    Hey thanks for the great pictures. I have been trying to look at the bottoms of my roosters feet all day but the ground is dirty so his feet are dirty. I thought I could tell if he was a jersey giant vs an austrolop. His feet are so black it is hard to see any color under there. Anyway the...
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    Chicks ate insulation and died

    There is one older rhode island red hen that is soooo sick right now. She is only 9 months old but fully grown. I am not sure what is going on. She sits in one place all day long all fluffed out. She moves from time to time but not far. She has been like this for about 3 days now and she is...
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    Chicks ate insulation and died

    Thanks for the insight but it was only after i removed the insulation board that they stopped dieing. Could be the coating on it that was poisonous. It had paper on one side and like a tinfoil coating on the other side.
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    Is there such a thing as a Barred rocks that is solid black ?

    I don't know much about chickens aging as i only have had them since last spring. He has brilliant green fluorescing tail feathers, i don't see him going ever toward the chocolate color (whatever that is). He is solid black, and he is such a great rooster to the hens. He keeps his thing going...
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    Is there such a thing as a Barred rocks that is solid black ?

    YES the rooster has very dark legs??? and his tail feathers shimmer green!! HELP Wish I knew what i was breeding but he is amazing. Hope to find out what breed he is?
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    Chicks ate insulation and died

    I am new to hatching and raising chickens but this is bizarre to me. I put my 3 week old chickens out in our barn in a heated 10 x 10 room. In one corner where i had the heater and heat lamps i surrounded it with an insulation board that i had left over from some home project. I was hard...
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    Is there such a thing as a Barred rocks that is solid black ?

    I bought 8 barred rocks baby chicks back in the spring. Now that they are all grown up I have one very solid black rooster (he is stunning), but is he a barred rock? Then there is also one solid black hen, and the rest are the typical stripey pattern. Since I recently resigned from my job I was...
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