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Bantams are just a smaller version of the standard chicken as far as I know. With Barred Rocks in particular, the barring on bantams tends to be more regular than the standard size. I believe bantams are about half the size of standard chickens and lay smaller eggs, but other than...
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I am feeding them chick starter/grower. I don't even know what kind really, just what they carry at my feed store. They also free range for at least a couple hours each day, sometimes almost all day, in our backyard. I don't have any set schedule. I fill their feeder in the morning...
Here is one of my barred rocks at 12wks:
Here is my RIR at 11wks (with the chicks who adopted her):
Coltsrox, I could be wrong but your chickens look like they might be bantam size rather than standard. But they definitely are Barred Rocks.