Thanks!
I really do want some real Barred Rocks, as I want to do some hatching of sex links and they should be decent to stew as older layers. Hopefully the ones I get to hatch will be nice I got the Buff Orpingtons because I just always wanted big fluffy yellow chickens, and decided on the...
It's been longer than pecking order stuff, they're just not a good fit.
Thanks. This chicken business seems to be worse than horse trading :-/ The guy was pretty rude. I should've left them there when I went to buy them, but I'd driven an hour, and hope springs eternal, you know...
Thank you!
At least one of the dark one has some brown, too. The guy that sold me these got VERY defensive when I asked him why one was so white.
I found a place that has the nice Imperial 'Ringneck' Barred Rocks in IL and the lady is going to try to get me a dozen hatching eggs later this...
I really don't want to keep them, and I don't think I will. They're going to my friend's house with a much bigger coop to grow out until butcher weight. But I'm really curious to see if anyone knows what they might really be.
I bought four chicks from a guy that breeds quite a few different birds. I want Barreds so I can breed sex links down the line. These birds I got are......interesting. They're all supposed to be pullets. They're all very aggressive. My Buff Orps hate them. Two have white legs, two have...