Reviews by ToddQ

I have 10 barred rock hens and 2 barred rock roosters and absolutely love them. They are very friendly with the young kids we have around here often, they lay tons of large brown eggs, and lay them all winter long. They are pretty birds that will come right up and visit with you. I talk to the girls and they talk right back, sometimes coming over to my lawn chair and hopping up on my lap. They are very good foragers and do a great job of picking bugs around the yard. Also they have done very well with taking care of my garden snakes that scare the hell out of me every time I see them. The roosters are very good breeders, not too rough on the girls. They do a great job of watching for predators, and will fight with just about anything that tries to go after the girls. Had one poor hawk try and get one of the girls this fall and the poor thing got one heck of a whooping from my two big roosters. The Roosters have never been aggressive or mean towards any of the kids or my wife and I. I have a golden retriever that likes to lay out with the hens in the yard and the roosters pay him no mind.

I have 5 Australorp hens that are 10 months old, they have been producing eggs since about 7 months. Eggs are large to XLg and light brown sometimes with a pinkish tinge to them. They are currently laying 5-6 eggs each week for each hen. I had 2 Australorp roosters that were very aggressively trying to breed at 5 months of age, and they were quite rough on the girls. They went in the pot. I wish I had another 5 to go with these girls as their egg production and quality is excellent.