This is my Barred Rock Cockerel my daughter named Leopold.
Here is Leopold again. Along with our Barred Rock Pulley Bella and our Red Sex Link hen Ginger.
We have a few other hen named:
Lucy
Henrietta
Nerd
Princess
Sue
We also have a big, mean Rhode Island Red rooster named Tank.
This is my Barred Rock Cockerel my daughter named Leopold.
Here is Leopold again. Along with our Barred Rock Pullet Bella and our Red Sex Link hen Ginger.
We have a few other hen named:
Lucy
Henrietta
Nerd
Princess
Sue
We also have a big, mean Rhode Island Red rooster named Tank.
Here is a couple more pics of my cockerel. I think that these are a little bit better pictures. Thanks so much for the information you have given. I hope to someday raise show quality Barred Rocks. I havn't been doing this long but they are definitely my favorite breed. Do you know where I might...
I hatched my young ones from some birds that I bought as adults. The best I can remember it took them awhile to feather out completely. About three weeks I think. After that though they seemed to really grow at a suprising rate.We weighed my rooster as 18 weeks and he weighed almost nine pounds...
Thanks everyone for the info. I would like to know if they are better than Hatchery quality or not. Here is a picture of my BR Cockerel Leopold.
He hatched at the end of May. So he is about six months old. From the research I have done his ancestors I guess you would call them never came...
Thanks for the links. I got the Barred Rocks from an older gentleman. He told me that he had been breeding that particlular blood line for over 16 years. I asked him yesterday if he had purchased them from a hatchery. He said that he had bought them from a breeder in Cookeville Tn. So I dont...
Here is the pic of the rooster. I dont know why it didnt upload on my last post. I hope this picture will help more.
I dont know if you can tell by the picture but he a alot of dark green in his sickle feathers.
A guy I know gave me a very big and healthy rooster. He said that he was a RIR. I just want to make perfectly sure that he is before I put him in with my RIR hens. I sure hope he is what I was told he is. He would sure be a good breeder.
The same guy also gave me two red sex link hens. I would...