Dooped by TSC

[Pugsabi]

At least you got chickens, there was a thread around here about someone who got turkeys out of the white leghorn bin.

 

[L1sa]

It's definitely a Plymouth Barred Rock, I have 2 myself, my avatar is of my BR Rooster and they are quite grey in colour, the females have larger black barring so look more black than grey. Their leg colour is of importance too, Roos have all yellow, hens have a black tinge to them. I would hazard a guess that yours is a hen.

 

[L1sa]

This is my BR Rooster at about 6-7 weeks old. Notice the barring the grey is wider or the same size as the black.

These are my 2 BR hens at about 3-4 weeks. Notice the barring, the black barring is larger than the grey.

 

[Mylied]

They are not Black Sex Links, I have them. They are all black except a few white feathers on head and breast. They appear to be Dominique males, which I bought at Tractor Supply 5 months ago. Sadly a fox got them.

I had about 40 black sex link males. They were barred like a female barred rock with big red combs.

 

[Mylied]

I bought four "Asian Black" pullets from TSC, and now I am being told they are not ABs. Can anyone help me identify these cuties? I am not as concerned of breed/kind, I am more concerned that they are pullets and not roos. Thanks!!View attachment 1522383

Can you post pics of the other chicks?

 

[snow5164]

And this is why I wait to get chicks once a year when a hatchery delivers to my feed mill , all of your horror stories of not getting what you wanted makes me more patient

They must mix them up for fun and our tsc staff were incompetent here too , they actually closed down in Canada

 

[GC-Raptor]

My Barred Rock Pullets from TSC.
13 days.

16 days.

Today at 18 days.

. GC
ETA; All have Black Shanks. Some have white throats.

 

[redranger209]

All barred rock cockerels. Big white head spots, light legs and the light colored barring are all indicators.

 

[Folly's place]

I have certainly had more consistent and accurate results ordering from Cackle or Murray McMurray over the years, than the farm store experience. And, when a mix-up occurs from the hatchery, both have been more than helpful and shipped the right birds when they were notified of an error.
Shopping at the farm stores is a bit different! Those chicks are less expensive, but much more likely to be mislabeled in some way, in my experience. It definitely helps to know ahead of time what chicks of the breeds you are interested in actually look like, rather than believing the signs on the bins. It's also more likely, at least around here, to get straight run chicks rather than pullets. One year I got four cockerels and one pullet out of a 'pullet only' bin!
I have the space and can manage 'suprises', and laugh about it; new folks with limited space and higher expectations can be very disappointed, unfortunately.
Mary

 

[lcmarin77]

All barred rock cockerels. Big white head spots, light legs and the light colored barring are all indicators.

Not what I wanted to hear, however I needed to know. Thanks!!