Barred Rocks!!

[Fred's Hens]

Lots of folks do, including me. Most folks who keep the birds of that quality are on the Heritage Large Fowl thread or the Plymouth Rock Breeders thread.

 

[Chickenluvr101]

So cute!!! I just got a barred rock, too

 

[FlappyBird]

I have a question about a bird that I've purchased. I bought what were supposed to be Doms, but ended up being Barred Rocks. That's fine with me. I love my birds, but there's one that I don't know what to think of. I'm pretty sure it's a Rooster. Has the coloring of a Roo, but his comb and wattles are different than the others that came with him. I'm so confused!

What do you think? Crossbreed? I bought some <maybe> Easter Eggers with him. His comb looks much more like theirs than the Barred Rocks.







One of his "brothers" for comparison...see his handsome comb and wattles?

 

[ve]

Hi, Flappy Bird, Yes he is mixed breed. He has Pea comb, which is not normal for Rocks or Doms, who have Rose combs.

 

[Angierob]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6346782/width/200/height/400[/IMG
[IMG][B][B]https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6346787/width/200/height/400[/B][/B]. Can anyone tell me if my pepper is a pullet or cockeroo? 10 to 11 weeks old

 

[Angierob]

More pics.

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[FlappyBird]

Hi, Flappy Bird, Yes he is mixed breed. He has Pea comb, which is not normal for Rocks or Doms, who have Rose combs.

Thank you!

 

[Angierob]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6346782/width/200/height/400[/IMG
[IMG][B][B]https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6346787/width/200/height/400[/B][/B]. Can anyone tell me if my pepper is a pullet or cockeroo? 10 to 11 weeks old

 

[Deb B]

[B][B]https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6346787/width/200/height/400[/B][/B]. Can anyone tell me if my pepper is a pullet or cockeroo? 10 to 11 weeks old[/QUOTE]
Looks like my pullets did at that age.

 

[Big Orp]

A story for all.


Last week some neighborhood kids found a small gosling. When I found this out I took it from them and went to the spot where they found it. When I could not locate the chicks mother I decided to take the chick to the lake, which is only about 50 yds from my house. I figured the chicks mother may had went back to the water and she would find her baby or it would die. Knowing that the chances for this gosling was slim I put it in the water and watched as it swam away. 6 days later I came across a family of geese, all the chicks about 5 times the size of the gosling I let go. As the mother and babies where crossing the road the mother had stopped and was looking behind her and out of the grass ran a baby gosling that was to small to keep up. I smiled I knew in my heart that was the baby I let go. It never found it's mother but found a mother never the less.