I thought I would post photos of the chicks my broody hen hatched from eggs I bought from Halo. There were 5 eggs from barred rock hens and 4 from EE hens; they hatched May 19-20,2009. At first I thought all the gray ones were rock babies and the black ones were rock/EE babies, but I know that is wrong now! There are 3 with puffy cheeks and one of these is gray. So at least one of the "black" chicks is from the blue/barred rock cross, maybe 2. One of the gray pullets has a greenish cast to her legs, so I'm suspecting she might be a blue rock/EE cross. I welcome your thoughts!
Here's the thread from when they were chicks:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=185530&p=2
And here's a photo of them when they were little:
Here they are now:
We'll start with the cockerels:
Definite blue/barred rock -
Definite blue/barred rock -
Definite blue rock/EE - this one confused me when it was younger, because I thought all of the gray ones came from the rock eggs, but obviously that was not correct! See the puffy cheeks!
Definite blue rock/EE cockerel on the right - again with the puffy cheeks! On the left, a pullet - not sure if she is blue/barred rock or blue rock/EE. Her toes look a bit green to me.
Now for the pullets (I think they all are pullets, but have a little doubt about the rock/EE in the first photo):
Definite blue rock/EE on right with puffy cheeks;pullet on left - rock/rock or rock/EE?
A beautiful blue pullet!
Pretty sure from the color of the feet that this one is a blue/barred rock pullet:
More photos of beautiful pullets! Again, the toes of the one on the right look a bit green to me. Maybe this pullet is the 4th rock/EE chick.
One more!
Here's the thread from when they were chicks:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=185530&p=2
And here's a photo of them when they were little:
Here they are now:
We'll start with the cockerels:
Definite blue/barred rock -
Definite blue/barred rock -
Definite blue rock/EE - this one confused me when it was younger, because I thought all of the gray ones came from the rock eggs, but obviously that was not correct! See the puffy cheeks!
Definite blue rock/EE cockerel on the right - again with the puffy cheeks! On the left, a pullet - not sure if she is blue/barred rock or blue rock/EE. Her toes look a bit green to me.
Now for the pullets (I think they all are pullets, but have a little doubt about the rock/EE in the first photo):
Definite blue rock/EE on right with puffy cheeks;pullet on left - rock/rock or rock/EE?
A beautiful blue pullet!
Pretty sure from the color of the feet that this one is a blue/barred rock pullet:
More photos of beautiful pullets! Again, the toes of the one on the right look a bit green to me. Maybe this pullet is the 4th rock/EE chick.
One more!
