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Here is a couple more pics of my cockerel. I think that these are a little bit better pictures. Thanks so much for the information you have given. I hope to someday raise show quality Barred Rocks. I havn't been doing this long but they are definitely my favorite breed. Do you know where I might...

I hatched my young ones from some birds that I bought as adults. The best I can remember it took them awhile to feather out completely. About three weeks I think. After that though they seemed to really grow at a suprising rate.We weighed my rooster as 18 weeks and he weighed almost nine pounds...

Thanks everyone for the info. I would like to know if they are better than Hatchery quality or not. Here is a picture of my BR Cockerel Leopold. He hatched at the end of May. So he is about six months old. From the research I have done his ancestors I guess you would call them never came...

Thanks for the links. I got the Barred Rocks from an older gentleman. He told me that he had been breeding that particlular blood line for over 16 years. I asked him yesterday if he had purchased them from a hatchery. He said that he had bought them from a breeder in Cookeville Tn. So I dont...

I have anther question for you. If you dont mind to answer it for me. What is the difference in a hatchery quality Barred Rock and any others?

Here is the pic of the rooster. I dont know why it didnt upload on my last post. I hope this picture will help more. I dont know if you can tell by the picture but he a alot of dark green in his sickle feathers.

A guy I know gave me a very big and healthy rooster. He said that he was a RIR. I just want to make perfectly sure that he is before I put him in with my RIR hens. I sure hope he is what I was told he is. He would sure be a good breeder. The same guy also gave me two red sex link hens. I would...