first off let me say that barred rocks are my breed of choice i love them to death
when they start getting up there in the the years they do start getting a dengy yellowish color up around there necks BUT not like the one that you showed the other yes.
my flock is pure and segragrated from...
sounds good on the humidity and as far as the brooder goes they dont require much room i have an two foot by one foot and it works good for 1 1/2 dozen as soon as they are completely feathered no sooner than two weeks they go outside
thanks so much i just found 12 delaware hens at 5mo old for 70 the fella said he wasnt sure what they were. i informed he what they were and he stuck to the price instead of raising it. delawares are very hard to find around here.
i would say that that is pretty close to hatch chicken eggs. they might hatch slightly earlier than 21 days. for a homemade incubator that is very close im quiet impressed what does it cut off and on at?
most store bought eggs are infertile they are raised without roosters so incubation would not be possible. I personally have not tried to incubate refridgerated fresh eggs.
Zeebs looks more barred rock to me for two reasons; domis have a rose comb and your appears to be a single comb and two barred rocks have a color pattern that appears as bars or lines where as a domi has a definate broken pattern and the lines or bars are not as noticeable. in barred rock...