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  1. Chicken_Trainer2007

    My rooster brought me a gift!!!

    This is a fun story that happened last week A few months ago I bought some seramas there were supposed to be one rooster and three hens, but it was the other way around three roosters and one hen. So the oldest one that was 100% a rooster I named him Ajax, he’s vary silly and runs across the...
  2. M

    Sourcing sand for my chicken run

    Hi all! I recently finished my 8x16 chicken run. I have very poor drainage here. Lots of clay, runoff, and a high water table. I think I have settled on sand and now I am trying to source it. My local recycling center has something called Screened Sand. Here is the link...
  3. B

    River rock

    Hello, I'm newer to chickens and was told to use a river rock as the base to my run so that it wouldn't become a muddy mess. Well now all the poop I have washed off over the summer is building up under the top layers. It was suggested to bleach the run but I'm not comfortable using bleach...
  4. Otterpup1967

    So confused! Pullet or Cockerel Barred Rock?

    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...
  5. BlueHorse17

    Pullet Chicks Available - San Jose, CA

    Pullets (female chicks) available in San Jose, CA area - 1. Australorp: Will lay large brown eggs. Bodies will be black with green/purple sheen when mature. 2. Buff (Plymouth) Rock: Will lay large brown eggs. Bodies will be buff (golden) with yellow legs when mature. 3. Speckled Sussex...
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    My 1st pic. This is a view towards the back of the 'house yard' to the chook shed & run (on the right) & the potting shed, the seedling annex in the middle & the green house. The shot was taken with a rock wall of an area just outside the house, in the foreground. We have LOTS of rocks!
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  7. chunandsnuggles

    What the heck is in this egg?

    My 3 year old california white hen laid this in a soft shell this morning- What's inside??? Looks like a white rock, and a blood clump with tissue in it. My main concern is her safety, her reproductive system has always been a little funky which I know can turn dangerous real quick.
  8. Kecobb

    What exactly are these?

    I am new to chickens (well, been a long time since I've had any). I have some questions... 1) is the little Red a bantam? She's the same age (no more than a couple days younger) but about half the size of the other 2 Reds. 2) what is this cockerel? He was supposed to be sapphire gem but I...
  9. ArizonaChick9

    Hello from my Arizona flock of 9!

    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...
  10. JeremyKSullivan

    Dom, barred, or Plymouth?

    The chicken in the very back is a silver laced wyandotte. Can anyone identify, with any degree of certainty, what the others are? I was told, by the person I purchased them from, that they are doms. But they have a single comb, so someone else told me they are rocks. Doesn’t really matter, as...
  11. Topbless

    Am i having pullet or cockerel? Pls Help!!!

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/am-new-here-in-fowl-rearing-business-need-help-guideline-and-advise.1376354/ The above link was my first thread as a new novice fowl raiser. Base on my promise that I will post the pictures of my Plymouth, barred rock or rock, or tell me the name. Below...
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  12. A

    Cuckoo maran or barred rock?

    Is this a barred rock or cuckoo maran? Someone is trying to sell it as a maran but i want to make sure
  13. Ra_

    The Florida

    This is a crossbreed project inspired by the Delaware breed. The Delaware were created from white sports that resulted from mating a Barred Rock rooster to a New Hampshire hen. I crossed my Barred Rock roo with Dixie Rainbow, which look similar to New Hampshire but instead of 5 to 6 pounds...
  14. Ra_

    Rainbow Rock Large Breed Hatching Eggs

    You are probably going to get a good variety of colors from these eggs. Do not buy them unless you want big birds because I think these will be very large. More about this breed in this thread. One dozen (12) hatching eggs for $18. Shipping is $12.80 to all 50 states. Start a flock of Rainbow...
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  15. Ra_

    Rooster Ritual

    Do you have a rooster ritual?
  16. ChickenLeg

    Wheaten Ameraucana X Heritage Barred Rock CROSS

    Back Story: So 6 years ago I bought some large fowl wheaten ameraucanas chicks from neighbors, they purchased their stock from John Blehm. I also bought some heritage large fowl barred rocks that fall, I believe from Kraig Shafer at the Ohio Nationals. While all were pinned together I had...
  17. ChickenLeg

    CRELE x BARRED Cross Mating = ??

    Hypothetical Question: I have Single Barred & Double Barred Males, as well as Barred Females. Crossed over Crele Males & Crele Females. Can I cross them, then back cross to improve the barring on the Creles? If so, what is the best cross to accomplish this? Genetics explained with genes as...
  18. Stacyoung13

    Rock or Maran ?

    I have these two beauties that I bought a couple months ago as cuckcoo maran at the local feed store. Somebody told me that they are barred rocks. Can anyone tell me what they are, and how do you tell the difference ? I looked on line, but they pretty much look the same to me.(Miss Lilly had to...
  19. C

    Pictures!

    I'm looking to get new hens. First one were free and just didn't really know about breed and all this other stuff that I now know I want .But now, different story. We have always ate breast meat, so now I will like some decent heritage breed meat, no Cornish X and yes I'm aware it will be a lot...
  20. Cdunning

    Bantam Barred Cockerel Chick

    Based on a great post, I was able to determine that the bantam barred rock I just got is male (undefined head patch and light legs). I've always only had hens. We only have 1.25 acres, so I'm concerned about noise once he is grown. I have read that rock cockerels are pretty laid back. So...
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