Barred Rocks!!

[Jdc361]

Neither of my BR girls have been aggressive at all...not even with my small, lone Silkie pullet. In fact, one of the BR pullets is so sweet and kind that she and my Silkie have become best friends. My other BR is the queen of the roost, but has only been assertive, NEVER aggressive. She established her dominance as a two-day old chick by squawking loudly at the other chicks, sending them all running to the opposite end of the brooder while she ate peacefully alone. I've watched her run interference between two fighting cockerels, and maneuver to protect the "weaker" pullets from bigger, stronger ones. She's incredibly fair and calm when dealing with pecking order, etc. and has been wonderfully friendly and affectionate with me The three breeds I have in that flock are the BRs, four Australorps that are two weeks older than the BRs, and the Silkies (one pullet and two cockerels). I would highly recommend the addition of the BR. 

Plus, my BR girls started laying at 18 weeks while the rest of the girls didn't reach POL until about 24 weeks. 

Oh wow! Well that for sure changed my mind!!! Now I'm gonna add a BR to my flock! Thanks

 

[DesertChic]

Oh wow! Well that for sure changed my mind!!! Now I'm gonna add a BR to my flock! Thanks

I truly hope you love yours as much as I love mine. I don't think I'll ever have a flock without a BR now.

 

[Jdc361]

I truly hope you love yours as much as I love mine. I don't think I'll ever have a flock without a BR now. 

Ok thanks again!

 

[akwood14]

Rooster?

 

[estamets]

Rooster?

Age?

 

[akwood14]

Age?

7 weeks!

 

[estamets]

7 weeks!

I would say rooster... many on this thread are more experienced than I, though!

 

[DesertChic]

Rooster?

Looks like a healthy, hardy cockerel to me.

 

[Clausrock]

I really like my Barred Rock pullet. It makes the most wonderful noises and is so friendly. I hope we share many wonderful years together.

 

[slordaz]

ok guys I was told the chicks were barred rocks when i bought them at cal ranch store and someone keeps telling me no they aren't can ya help me out here, we have had them for almost a month now they got their first feathers in and are currently going through a molt and growing new feathers as of last week so I'm figuring they are between 8-10 weeks old but that is just a guess. This girl is gonna be a good brooder I'd say as she wasn't going to let the new chicks go into the house she was making so much noise and frantic hearing them we decided to show her the new babies to try and calm her down and she started plucking them out of the box and putting them in a safe place , next morning she was showing them what they was supposed to be doing.

Is this a barred rock or a wyondette?