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I forgot to say, they are both about 2 months old and I'm pretty certain they're both roosters. I bet you are correct! I know that some of the chicks they hatched in class were brown and some yellow, so if I'm not mistaken, that makes perfect sense. Thanks a lot.

I forgot to say, they are both about 2 months old and I'm pretty certain they're both roosters.

The brown one is a Partridge Chantecler, my daughter brought the yellow guy home from school. The teacher didn't know the breed.

After having only one chick hatch out of a total 18 eggs that I started with in my first attempt ever at incubating, a black sex link, we were lucky enough to find Tractor Supply having some of the same breed in stock, so we picked up half a dozen. Our chick seems healthier and with a better...

@donrae, flockmaster!, You do have a plan for the ~50% roosters you're going to hatch out? Yes, I'm going to eat them!

Thanks Michael, that's an outstanding explanation, much appreciated. My concerns about hatching any chicks from this mishmash of breeds have been alleviated. I was leaning toward culling the rooster because I didn't intend on having one anyway, these birds were all supposed to be pullets. But...

Has anyone ever bred these two together know what to expect from this combination? RIR Rooster and NHR hen. Thanks! I have a RIR rooster, which was unintentional, 3 Barred Rock hens, 3 Black Astralorp hens, and a New Hampshire Red hen. I have found info on the Barred Rocks, which would come...

Hi and welcome! I'm also from PA and have chickens for the first time. I am putting the finishing touches on a 6 x 8 chicken tractor coop built on a trailer, and am going to buy supplies for a run today. I have 14 chickens in the coop, probably two too many, which I might give away to a...