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Here's a thread with a good post by RidgeRunner: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/forced-molting.1205837

Oddly enough, I was just reading old posts by Robert Blosl and read one about forcing a molt. One person said 24 hours of light a day and feed them 30% protein food. Another said pull feed for five days and keep them in the dark? Anyway, there are methods to force a molt. The egg companies...

I started with hatchery Rocks. Well, overall, I started with breeder Buff Orpingtons, that was what I had always thought I'd wanted. But they took ages to start laying, laid poorly, and at some point I learned about black sexlinks, so set out to find some Barred Rock pullets. Went through an...

The hen pictured is from someone fairly local that says they started with Frank Reese birds. The growouts pictured are from those hens and a Kraig Shafer cock from Ohio. I have one pullet from a guy in Arizona that I plan to use under my cock this year too.

Barred Plymouth Rocks :)

North Central :D

I just realized I've never looked this up and joined here, so hi guys!