Barred rock?

[FarmerMoogan]

Hi! I have two chickens that were sold to me as barred rock. One is completely black and white and the other has brown feathers on her neck. Is this normal?

 

[Smokerbill]

The eight "barred rock" chicks I bought in March at a Wilco store don't seem like good examples of the breed. One of them is closer to a silver color, a couple others are very light and the rest have a lot more black.

 

[The1andOnlyGAChickenKing]

The eight "barred rock" chicks I bought in March at a Wilco store don't seem like good examples of the breed. One of them is closer to a silver color, a couple others are very light and the rest have a lot more black.

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Seems like it wouldn't take much effort for hatcheries to try harder than that.

 

[Smokerbill]

Seems like it wouldn't take much effort for hatcheries to try harder than that.

I agree.

 

[JedJackson]

No, gold feathers on barred rocks are not normal. The other bird looks a little off in color, too. Probably mixes or maybe just hatchery quality.

 

[Flockking]

Not barred rocks
Probably mixed birds

 

[The1andOnlyGAChickenKing]

Any hatchery birds would be more barred Rocky than that.

Mixed chickens.

 

[house1917]

Look like hybrid Rainbow Layers- barred with splashes of brown, copper, red... I forget which hatchery is hyping them- but between the Rainbow Layers and Rainbow Rangers there's a lot of multi colored, or barred chickens out there right now!

 

[JedJackson]

The eight "barred rock" chicks I bought in March at a Wilco store don't seem like good examples of the breed. One of them is closer to a silver color, a couple others are very light and the rest have a lot more black.

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Yes. If I remember right, Hoover's was the main offender.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hi! I have two chickens that were sold to me as barred rock. One is completely black and white and the other has brown feathers on her neck. Is this normal?

They look like kosher kings/gray rangers