North Carolina

[ramirezframing]

I had almost the same thing happen to me when I first started with chickens. I went to buy 6 barred rock chicks from a small family farm. They were advertised as straight run. They had a couple of hundred in a big tub like the ones that Tractor Supply uses for their chicks. They all had light dots on their heads. I did not know that the dot indicated males. All went in the freezer when they were grown. My guess is that they ordered roos because they were cheaper and sold as straight run. One of my early chicken lessons learned.

From what I remember being told male barred rocks have an uneven bigger spot as chicks and females have a smaller more rounded spot as chicks on their heads. But I could have it backwards

 

[HenThymes]

You are correct Ram, All birds carrying the "barring" gene will have a spot on the top of the head. In most cases, Males will tend to have a much larger uneven spot as well as be more of an "Ash" black body color instead of dark black. Females will have a smaller size spot but still a spot, sometimes not much smaller than the males and they will be a darker black body color than males. Barred birds are one of the easiest to sex at an earlier age, almost from birth.

 

[marlowmanor]

Hate to say it, but the 4 facing the camera are all boys.

Matt

I'm glad someone else noticed it too. I thought the same thing when I saw the picture but didn't want to say it in case I was wrong.

 

[buttercup0884]

ok, normally i am not one to really complain or cause trouble, but this situation has gotten out of control.

there is a girl on facebook from denton nc, who is buying other people's chicks and selling them as her own with major mark ups. the part that really irritates me, is that she is claiming to have NPIP chicks because the people she has bought the chicks from are NPIP (I am friends with 2 of the people she contacted for chicks) but she her self is not NPIP. i feel like this is not only unfair to her customers, but to the people she originally bought the chicks from. do i just sit on my hands and look the other way, or is there a way to make people realize that she is a fraud?

 

[HenThymes]

ok, normally i am not one to really complain or cause trouble, but this situation has gotten out of control.

there is a girl on facebook from denton nc, who is buying other people's chicks and selling them as her own with major mark ups. the part that really irritates me, is that she is claiming to have NPIP chicks because the people she has bought the chicks from are NPIP (I am friends with 2 of the people she contacted for chicks) but she her self is not NPIP. i feel like this is not only unfair to her customers, but to the people she originally bought the chicks from. do i just sit on my hands and look the other way, or is there a way to make people realize that she is a fraud?

I think I know who you are talking about??

 

[ramirezframing]

I would be upset if I bought chicks from her thinking that they were npip and there not anymore. Not sure if theres anything you could really do. But if I buy chicks from someone, I do ask to see parent stock (love seeing other peoples chickens

) Hope you figure something out Buttercup

 

[wildriverswolf90]

I have a question, I'm wanting to by oxine and all I can find on amazon is Oxine AH, is this the right stuff?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have a question, I'm wanting to by oxine and all I can find on amazon is Oxine AH, is this the right stuff?

yes it's Oxine ah also check out revival animal health online.

 

[marlowmanor]

getting our leghorn chicks today! The guy we got our other chicks from just had 1 possibly 2 hatch out yesterday and is holding them for us. Still thinking about a couple of BR pullets too. The feed store should have those now. I just hate how high chicks are at the feed store. They cost $2.65 at the feed store and we are getting the ones from a NPIP certified flock for $1.50 apiece.

All our chicks have some good feathering out already and I think they range in age from 1 week to 3 weeks old. I am hoping that the early feathering means lots of girls!

I know I have read that the cochins are fairly accurately sexed by early feathering. Hopefully that is right and applies to the other breeds too.

 

[wildriverswolf90]

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yes it's Oxine ah also check out revival animal health online.

Thank you!