I am just using barred rock as a dual purpose breed. Not breeding for a show, just for my own meat and eggs. Any excess chickens I end up with I can sell at my local auction to help cover a portion of my feed cost.
I have this flock of barred rock, hens, and roosters. One of the roosters matured very fast, and started crowing at 13 weeks. I plan on keeping one of the roosters for breeding stock and butchering the rest. I was thinking that fast maturing could be a good thing, but started thinking it might...
