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Well finally had time to check out the difference in my barred rock and Barred Holland hens they are VERY similar. Only difference (that hadn't nice till now) is the ear color on the barred Holland is white as you might be able to make out in pic below. Not that I'm going to do it but.... was...

I think I'll try and breed her with the roo pictured above.just to see how things play out. Seeing she not pure heritage RIR anyways and I'm looking for egg size, quality and production capabilities any ways. I've had some luck with production reds getting that dark feathering and somewhat of a...

Thanks for the info. After reading your post I had one of those "Duh that makes sense " what was I thinking. I almost kept one of her sons and was going breed her back to him. But as I stated before I had 3 of the 8 chick's with Legg deformities. Also two of her pullets didn't start to lay...

Thanks, it never dawned on me that my barred rock might be a Barrd Holland. I'm will to bet you're right on that. I'll try and compare her to my other barred rocks when I get home today.

I do avoid most of what's on CL. But every once and a while you can find a good deal. I got the one below just this last Saturday. The lady I got him from had a small flock of 10 hens and one rooster she order from a local feed store. She found out it was more work than she wanted. A guy...

I didn't mean it sound like I didn't want to deal with ideal. Just seems to be my only choice. Was thinking about heritage RIR, but I'm not sure I want to go to the trouble of line breeding. Where as it stands now I just check Craigslist for a free or cheap rooster when I need to introduce a new...

no she didn't start laying 65+. But when the others in her age group where laying 55-60g she was laying 65-70g eggs.

Thanks, that just what I was afraid of. Too many ingredients in the soup makes it even more difficult to duplicate. Buy the way the one hen I'm trying to reproduce started laying large egg very early in her first year. As a madder of fact I thought I was going to lose her because she became egg...

So your saying the hen has no control of her offspring egg size, color or production capabilities? Then is it the roosters genetics that controls these characteristics?

I have a 3 yr oLd RIR hen that lays egg anywhere from 75g to almost 90g eggs she has just finished her molt and Laying in upper 80 grams. I got her from ideal poultry along with 5 other hens and 2 roosters. The others do lay smaller eggs averaging mid 70 grams. She does have one other sister...