Just curious!

[Cluckcluck1215]

To Cluckcluck1215:
WE love Plymouth Barred Rocks too! And...I'm amazed to see that I'm not the only one who things pet rats are neat! If I wanted one, I'd get a white one and would raise him from a baby. They are clean - just like the others - it's people's FILTH that attract them for food only!

Same with pigs! Pigs are immaculately clean animals, but have to stay cool so they use mud and/or dirt to keep cool and prevent sun burn, just like elephants, rhinos, etc. !

I love all animals...except crocs, gators, poisonous snakes (harmless ones are cool too), domestic cats and squirrels! Love BIG CATS however. So majestic and powerful!

Reminds me of my Henrietta....lol!
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Yes!I, Myself have NEVER owned a rat, But I just think they are so cute!i hate calling thems RATS, It's sound like calling them a pest or something, So I call them Mini Dogs

Crocs, Gators and Sharks are three things I can't handle!
(Expect for Dog sharks, Love them!I petted one once!)

Anyway, I really Dnt have much more advice for you, Sorry!

 

[Linda V]

Yes!I, Myself have NEVER owned a rat, But I just think they are so cute!i hate calling thems RATS, It's sound like calling them a pest or something, So I call them Mini Dogs

Crocs, Gators and Sharks are three things I can't handle!
(Expect for Dog sharks, Love them!I petted one once!)

Anyway, I really Dnt have much more advice for you, Sorry!

If I get any more "advice" my head will explode...lol! lol!

 

[Clucksworth12]

In July 2016, we bought two pullet Barred Rocks, however, they look so different from one another even now, we are curious if one may have something wrong with her.

The hen in my profile pic is Abigail. She has a "full figure" and lays
eggs that are dark brown with thick shells that are also "round" like she is...lol!

Henrietta is now tall, lean, missing all her butt feathers, under the tail, but skin looks fine. Her eggs are light colored and elongated. Shells mostly okay but not like Abby's!

Her coloring is no longer the same as Abby's either, so we would like to know what may be wrong with her...we are not even sure there is anything wrong with her, but she no longer looks the same as when we first got her in July of 2016.

Btw...they both get along great and love being together!!

Her appetite, activity level, interest in eating, drinking, etc., is identical in every way to Abigail's, so we are not sure what to think any more!

Thanks everyone!
LindaV 6/2017

Here are the pics. Hope they help! The girls will be 1-yr old next month and we got them together. Neither has molted yet.

I guess Henrietta is picking tiny bugs off Abigail's face? They do this a lot and both seem to enjoy it!

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She is a Plymouth barred rock, no doubt. I think she is already molting and clearly is missing feather for it. She is probably just a little bit if an odd ball! She just has a unique personality but I think she may have another breed in her bloodlines beocuse of the different colored eggs

 

[Linda V]

Excuse me?
I am not name calling, I am just pointing out that you where being a bit rude.

TIME OUT EVERYONE! Let's let this go please and move on to something more positive and productive....it's making me very sad seeing ya'll at each other like this.

 

[Linda V]

She is a Plymouth barred rock, no doubt. I think she is already molting and clearly is missing feather for it. She is probably just a little bit if an odd ball! She just has a unique personality but I think she may have another breed in her bloodlines beocuse of the different colored eggs

Yeah! Someone finally responded to my unusual question! She is so much taller and thinner than Abby, she makes Abby look short & fat! I mean you can see it in the pics!

They both adore each other (if they do that kinda thing) and eat, drink, run around after bugs and like to sleep together in the nests at night (WINTER ONLY) that I had to remove the divider between the two "nesting areas" so they wouldn't be stuffed in one like sardines...lol!

But her eggs are like her (Henrietta) - elongated and 1/2 as dark as Abby's eggs! I know by the egg - who laid it....how many out there can make that claim? But, of course, I only have two hens...lol!

Glad you didn't tell me she was "inferior" and I should "cull her" - that was not what I wanted to hear on this forum...ever!
Thanks again, Clucksworth12 and I hope you have an EGGcelent day!

Linda in NC

Here's a pic of my "girls"....in their 14-foot run this month:

 

[Linda V]

JUST IN CASE....I've got to catch my girls - I just ordered this from Ebay....saw many similar to this one but for 3 to 5 times the money! Check this out if anyone is looking for a safe, humane way to catch chickens....I saw it first on Amazon and it said it "rocked for catching them!" That's why I found the same thing on ebay for cheap! Here's the description to help you find it. The NET MESHING is super important!

Of course, I always say "USA only, buy now, new & free shipping!"

Triangula Telescopic Fishing Landing Net 3 Section Extending Pole Folding Handle
Item price $9.99

Hope I don't have to use it for treating them, but if we have a bad weather alert I can use it to catch them and put them gently into their new dog kennel carriers and take them inside with us for a few hours if their is a hurricane or tornado!

Better safe than sorry, right?

Linda in NC