barred

I was given 20 free Muscovies a few weeks ago and didn't know that barred and rippled Muscovies existed until this year. I always had the black and white pied color. It turns out that 5 of the new ones are either barred or rippled, but I'm not exactly sure about the difference. I haven't...

Hi - newbie to Barred Rocks. I *THINK* I have two Barred Rocks (they came as a "rainbow pullets" variety from a local farm store - never again!) I've looked at so many pics and read so many things about how to tell the difference in gender and I feel like mine have pullet feather...

Our barred rock is nearly 5 weeks old and I am still not 100% sure if its a hen or a roo, we really want a hen. Would love to know what you guys think.

I’m a total rookie so please correct me where I’m wrong. So the idea is: • Male barred + female blue = female blue bar • Female barred + male blue = male blue bar • female and male blue bar = homogynous My bird of choice is the ko shamo. I know of a breeder that sells blue wheaten’s, but then...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Have not gotten any yet but plan to. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I'm planning to start with 6. (3) What breeds do you have? I like what I hear about Rhode Island Reds, Easter Eggers, and Barred Rocks. Mostly...

A friend of a friend sent us pics of their hen, they aren't sure of the breed. We aren't experts, just have our light sussex girls in the backyard. My first thought was barred rock but could possibly be wyandotte or another breed I haven't heard of!.... Any experts out there that could say for...

I'm new to poultry. I was curious if anyone out there might have both Brown Leghorn and Barred Rock hatching eggs available?

This is a Barred Rock, right?

Updated photos of our chicks! After a few questions on breeds, I think we nailed it…maybe. Now we are (not so patiently) waiting to find out genders. Speckled Sussex BW Crested Polish Black Australorp Barred Cochin Appenzeller Spitzhauben White Ameraucana (because the legs are gray)

This spring we hatched out chicks from our own eggs and out of one of the eggs came a big fluffy white chick who turned out to be a cockerel. Well today I decided to pick him up and noticed there were vague stripes on his feathers. Is it dirt? Does he have very lightly barred feathers? Why and...

I was wondering if there are genes that inhibit barring. I have some hens that hatched with the spot on the head but when they are fully grown you can barley tell that they are barred. These hens are brown based not black. So their grand parents were a male partridge rock and female production...

Hi I'm Steve, I started keeping chooks last year, it was a project to help provide healthy eggs & meat whilst supplementing a low pension. I currently have 7 light sussex & 2 barred rock chicks. Of the 7 light sussex, unfortunately it now appears that 3 are roosters, so I now have 6 of our own...

So I've recently been sucked into the black hole of what is chicken colouring genetics. And after days of research... I'm still a bit confused I've discovered how wonderfully complex and interesting this area is! And would like some advice, thoughts, opinions or maybe some links to information...

I am relatively new to chickens, only owning my own flock for about six months. I have taken care of them longer but I am excited to have my own! My flock of nine consists of three silkies, two Buff Orphingtons, two Ameraucaunas, one Barred Rock, and one Blue Lace Wyandotte (my favorite). I...

Wanted to start a thread to document the progression of my autosexing ameraucanas, still in the easter egger stages. The big guy will be 2 in spring, hes massive. I hope to keep them on the large side so all the day old boys can be sold to some1 who'll eat em. He has 6 ladies, all crele...

I have a Barred Ameraucana Cross Rooster, (I'm making this post late at night and don't have a picture so I looked it up) -- which this image is from cackle hatchery and it's classifying this as a Black Sex Link. My two hens are Ameraucana purebreds and I wondered what I'd get if I crossed them...

I have a question abou sexlink chicks. I've been reading for a good hour now about sex-linked breeds and nowhere can I find something about breeding barred over non barred. My biels, are (what I would consider) barred. My RIR's are not. So would I get sexlinks? Or would that not work because...

Hello everyone! So I bought 8 chicks a little over a month ago, and one of them, I was told, was a Black Jersey Giant. Right off the bat, it didn’t really look like one, and I was wondering if it was an Americauna. At this point, I’m truly not sure, but I definitely don’t think it’s a Jersey...

This chicken is a barred rock (I was told at the tack store) other people on here have said that it could be a cuckoo maran. I still don’t know. But that’s not my main question, is this lovely chicken a pullet or cockerel? She/he is seven weeks old!

Hi all, I am Bailey and new to both this forum and chickens! Luckily, my other half has had them all his life, so he’s a big help. I’m currently designing “Chicken Fort Knox,” as we live in a redwood forest with a ton of rascally raccoons. We’re digging down with two feet deep with 2” x...