kaitlyn-my BPR's were mostly black when they were chicks, the barring didn't show up for awhile. I couldn't tell them apart from my black australorps as chicks!!! But I'm a beginner. My one remaining pullet (rehomed 2 of them with one BRP that turned out to be a roo) is darker than the...
I wish wish wish I could have kept my little roo!!! They are SO beautiful! But, he has a nice home now. A local man picked him up with two of my 4 week old BPR pullets to start his own breeding trio. Glad they found a good home, he was a nice looking little roo!
I'm new to all of this, and I got different chicks. A buff orpington, cochins, australorps, and barred plymouth rocks. I have to say that my little striped babies are VERY sweet and docile. I had thought the cochins would be more like that from everything I read, but they are the most jumpy...
It's such a pretty little bird! Well, not so little. She's the biggest of the bunch and was the first to have the little comb turn reddish. But it's SO sweet! Always goes right up to everyone, and very sweet and snuggly. Maybe I could find a 4H kid who would like it. I'd hate to see him...
Hen or rooster?? "She" is a 6 week old barred plymouth rock named Rexy. She's my favorite!
I'd really like to know before we fall in love with her even more:fl
This is her back....
Any help much appreciated!
I'm new to keeping chickens, and I just got a mixed flock of barred plymouth rocks, black australorps, and cochins, all standards. The barred rocks are the sweetest and most outgoing and friendly of them all so far! My 7 yr old calls them zebra chickens. I didn't know they would be so sweet...