Official Squatch Watchers

[staceyj]

It was amazing to witness!! Thank you I love having a place I can share this experience!! My friends just think i'm becoming a crazy chicken lady

You are honey.
You are.
But that’s why we like you!

 

[staceyj]

So IView attachment 1633661 have another question. I was told the other two were Barred Rocks. But they look different. Here's a picture. Do you think they are both barred rocks?View attachment 1633660

Probably the second photo.
I am not the “breed person” but they are
Beauties!
Especially that top one!

 

[Redhead Rae]

Actually, the more I look at her, I think this is what happened. This is what my Dominique over Buff hen looked like. I think you would get a similar effect if you had a Barred Rock roo over a silver based white hen (like a white rock).
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Actually.... this is probably what happened. They probably have all their Rock breeding pens in the same building and there was some cross over. She does look a lot like a cross between your barred rock and your white rock.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Sorry... Just talking myself through the thought process in text.

 

[AnaMarieK]

Some hatcheries are turning out some odd looking EEs without muffs or beards.

 

[AnaMarieK]

Actually.... this is probably what happened. They probably have all their Rock breeding pens in the same building and there was some cross over. She does look a lot like a cross between your barred rock and your white rock.

Honestly, that would make sense. Especially if they came from the same supplier.

 

[AnaMarieK]

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I meant to add this to my post about how sweet she is. Lolol sorry... still learning the site... this is chicken little... the mix

 

[Chickassan]

Good morning Rene is a tiny woman!!

 

[AnaMarieK]

And you got her from TSC? I wonder if she is an oops chick. She could be a Barred Rock over a silver based white bird. Sometimes a bird of the wrong breed will get into a hatchery breeding pen.

Yeah I got them from TSC... she was always tiny and honestly I thought she was sickly at first because she always had a dirty bottom that I had to wash everyday. But she grew into being the prettiest hen!!

 

[21hens-incharge]

I am very happy for ya'll getting eggies.


As I sit here grumbling in my coffee about my big fat zero eggs.