Out of my 41 chickens, i have a dozen "barred rocks". Im not sold on the idea that they are rocks.
Even less so the older they get. Half have lemon yellow legs, the others are a pale pink. Half have bold, defined, uniform barring-others look like barring was an afterthought. And now, half of them (at 8 weeks old) are almost as big as my 17 week old blacl aussie mix. The rest are still petite.
They all have hatchery straight combs (wavy, some have crooked points, some have extra points to the sides).
So....what breeds can i narrow them to.
Defined barring
Mottled barring
Yellow leg
Pink leg
XXL
Medium
Even less so the older they get. Half have lemon yellow legs, the others are a pale pink. Half have bold, defined, uniform barring-others look like barring was an afterthought. And now, half of them (at 8 weeks old) are almost as big as my 17 week old blacl aussie mix. The rest are still petite.
They all have hatchery straight combs (wavy, some have crooked points, some have extra points to the sides).
So....what breeds can i narrow them to.
Defined barring
Mottled barring
Yellow leg
Pink leg
XXL
Medium