10+ hatching eggs from my Heritage Barred Rocks. If I get 12 eggs or more in 3 days, I will send them all. These will be shipped out Monday, Feb. 28. I accept Paypal. If you prefer to pay with a money order, shipment will be delayed until payment is received. These eggs will ship out Monday, Feb 28.
I can trace the lines of my Barred Rocks back to around 1900. No new blood has been added to them, I have been told. One of the greatest breeders of Barred Rocks in history is Edward B. Thompson (1862 - 1928) of Amenia, New York. He made his first purchase of Barred Rocks in 1879, while still but a schoolboy. He won at Madison Square Garden Shows for 26 years straight. Can you imagine?!
My Barred Rocks have very yellow legs, not pale or whitish. I have been told this is a difficult trait to breed into your stock, once you lose it. My stock is young, hatched last spring-summer. E. B. Thompson bred for, "survival of the fittest," he wrote. I believe it is still in their blood. I have been amazed at these birds. I have found they eat very little feed, but prefer to forage. Honestly, they are great foragers! This strain is called, "Imperial Ringlets," coined after the ringlet like necklace of barring they presented with. I just love these birds, and I think you would, too. As advised by my mentors, Cockerel #2, shown in these pictures, is the cockerel I have penned with the pullets at this time. I will rotate cockerels later this year.
At this time, I don't plan to sell too many eggs, as I am just establishing my own flock. I do plan to grow out chicks for culling and meat. Because my incubators are temporarily filled, I am offering these eggs. I just hate to eat them, when someone may want to hatch them.
More pictures at these links:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-my-barred-rocks
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-breeding-info
My stock came from Jeremy Woeppel. Here is one of his pictures:
I have done alot of research on this strain, and read lots of history. If you are interested, I can relay some of that. A work in progress, here is a little bit of history on E. B. Thompson: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-history
Here is a thread about this strain of Barred Rocks, as well ....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=399477&p=1
I can trace the lines of my Barred Rocks back to around 1900. No new blood has been added to them, I have been told. One of the greatest breeders of Barred Rocks in history is Edward B. Thompson (1862 - 1928) of Amenia, New York. He made his first purchase of Barred Rocks in 1879, while still but a schoolboy. He won at Madison Square Garden Shows for 26 years straight. Can you imagine?!
My Barred Rocks have very yellow legs, not pale or whitish. I have been told this is a difficult trait to breed into your stock, once you lose it. My stock is young, hatched last spring-summer. E. B. Thompson bred for, "survival of the fittest," he wrote. I believe it is still in their blood. I have been amazed at these birds. I have found they eat very little feed, but prefer to forage. Honestly, they are great foragers! This strain is called, "Imperial Ringlets," coined after the ringlet like necklace of barring they presented with. I just love these birds, and I think you would, too. As advised by my mentors, Cockerel #2, shown in these pictures, is the cockerel I have penned with the pullets at this time. I will rotate cockerels later this year.
At this time, I don't plan to sell too many eggs, as I am just establishing my own flock. I do plan to grow out chicks for culling and meat. Because my incubators are temporarily filled, I am offering these eggs. I just hate to eat them, when someone may want to hatch them.
More pictures at these links:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-my-barred-rocks
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-breeding-info
My stock came from Jeremy Woeppel. Here is one of his pictures:
I have done alot of research on this strain, and read lots of history. If you are interested, I can relay some of that. A work in progress, here is a little bit of history on E. B. Thompson: https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=31282-history
Here is a thread about this strain of Barred Rocks, as well ....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=399477&p=1
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