About those barred rocks....

[stuckinthecity]

Hi everyone, just wondering (from all who have/keep barred rocks) how broody they are? I was also wondering Do ya'll have hatchery birds or from breeders? I don't really like the show type barred rocks...they look too lazy. I really wish I could go back in time and get the birds that my great grandmother had. I know she had barred rocks("domineckers"), rhode island reds, and probably some black sex links. But always talked how they had at;east 3-4 hens out of a dozen chickens that would go broody in the spring and hatch out eggs... I'm just wondering if it was the barred rocks or not. Anyway, how broody are your barred rocks?

 

[speckledhen]

Barred Rocks are not a broody breed, generally, though there are a few exceptions. I've never had one go broody at all, not even close.

"Dominecker" is a slang term that is usually applied to the Dominique breed, though many old country folk call anything with bars a "Dominecker". Not my favorite term, really, if you know me.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

I have a hatchery Barred Rock who is about 9 months old. She either came from Ideal or Meyer's. Anyway, she's been on the nest for about 5 days straight now.

Her timing couldn't be worse, as I just got a rooster yesterday, and egg production has essentially stopped with the snow and cold.

Anyway, mine is broody indeed. Want her?

 

[stuckinthecity]

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Yeah, pretty much everyone that lives around my grandfather calls any barred bird a "dominecker" as well.
And I've seen some posts about you Barred Rocks; very pretty birds!

 

[stuckinthecity]

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I agree, it's been so coold latley the eggs would freeze here if my EE went broody again. and No thankyou, as of right now I have no plans of getting any more hens. Which makes me unhappy, but the girls I have arn't paying the feed bill as it is.

 

[RAREROO]

Out of the 15 hatchery Barred Rocks I had last season, I had 2 to go broody later in the year. I like broody birds and it's a shame broodiness has been bred out of most of these old breeds. And like Cynthia kinda said, some of us Barred Rock lovers can get ticked off when people call them Domineckers.

 

[stuckinthecity]

I agree, I used to think they were broody. And just so I clear things up I put "domickers" in ( ) besides Barred Rocks to indicate what my grandparents call them, not me. lol

 

[FrizzlesRule]

I have never had or seen a Barred Rock go broody. They remind of Polishes. They just don't want to be mommies.

 

[speckledhen]

In the flock that two of my girls were hatched from, my friend had a broody BR. She went broody several times, but the daughters never did, at least the ones I've owned. I think the further removed from hatchery stock you get, the more a chicken can follow its natural inclinations. So, a hen generations removed from the bred-for-production hatchery birds, may be more likely to brood than a hatchery hen. That's my theory anyway.

 

[FrizzlesRule]

I have a question. Since most breeds of bantams can go broody, are any of the broody Barred Rocks mentioned bantams?