I have some barred rock and barred rock x Rhode Island Red rooster chicks.Some of the chicks have lighter barring like the pure BR should. And some have darker barring like the females would. Which ones are the crosses and why?Disregard the white barred one.[/IMG]
I have a 6 month old Black Copper Marans rooster that I've never heard crow and is breeding hens but only the black copper ones. There are RIR hens in his pen also that are squatting every time I go in but I've never seen him breed them. What could be the explanation for this?
I have two groups of chicks. One is the 16- three week old RIR's in an enclosed brooder near the chicken yard. Other group is 11 eight week old barred rocks in screened in run.
Last couple of days I've been leaving the brooder lid open with the heat lamp off during these 90* days while I'm at...