Question on Barred Rocks

[Judy]

http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Broody-Hens-1.html

This article lists the dependably broody breeds.

 

[HoosierChickenMan]

Thanks everyone for your advice, I really love the look of the BR's, and once I know what I have, roo's and hens, I am gonna go from there. I do know I do not want to buy any from the country mart, tsc, rk, as I am thinking of buying a incubator down the road, to add to my flock, plus if I get some brooders out of this stock I have. I would rather buy the eggs from a individual rather than a company, sorry I love supporting the little guy lol! Once again thanks everyone!!

This Site Rocks!


Brian-HCM

 

[Davaroo]

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And if you select a local breeder who selects purposefully and practices good mangement, you stand a very good chance of great success.

 

[walkswithdog]

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Well Cyn, then I hit the motherlode because two of the partridge plymouth rocks just went broody and are sitting a dozen apiece.

Silly things I was almost done incubating.

 

[speckledhen]

Wow, cool, Cher! That's awesome! I wonder if the partridges are broodier than the barreds or is it where you got them from, you think?

 

[Davaroo]

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Oooooh, Partridge Rocks! Even I will give a "

" over those.
Anybody on BYC selling reliable eggs for these?

 

[walkswithdog]

I'm not reliable yet lol, all that I hatch are either barred roo (he left so no barred mixes shortly) or partridge roo over partridge rock hens, with two barred pullets. Though the differences are obvious.

Barred to partridge makes black or black and red chicks, then back to partridge and all partridge results, so never far off.

This year I've added blue/black/splash rocks from Halo's lines. They're still chicks. They are blues carrying bbs and blacks carrying bbs. So there will be all sorts of colors in our future rocks.

Since my PR's were hatchery stock I'm lucky for the broodies, but it also means they could be better bred, so I'm working with better stock, like Cynthia's (speckled hen's) and Halos rocks, and adding Delawares for size for a generation or two next year - more wierd coloring yay.

Then back to work on type and color. So, while I have rocks, lots of them, and some nice and probably spare PR chicks (since you can see a pr chick at hatch) eventually coming out of the place for sale.

For awhile yet we're just a project in progress. And the only eggs available are total "WHAT COLOR WILL IT BE?" eggs, since on the outside they're all brown. However on the inside they're all Rock.

 

[HoosierChickenMan]

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And if you select a local breeder who selects purposefully and practices good mangement, you stand a very good chance of great success.

I do not know if there are any locally, but I will check around and if not I will drive a little further to get the good stuff!


Brian-HCM

 

[Davaroo]

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Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. I had to reread it a couple of times to get the gist of it, but what I could get was you are black and blue from seeing Cynthia in Delaware, right?





Just kidding!

Thanks again for the feedback.

 

[walkswithdog]

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Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. I had to reread it a couple of times to get the gist of it, but what I could get was you are black and blue from seeing Cynthia in Delaware, right?





Just kidding!

Thanks again for the feedback.

OMG LOL... I've been going on roughly 0-4 hours of sleep a night since February - and it shows. I did get black (barred ees) and blue ee's and delawares from Cyn so that works actually.

How about we sum it up as a Rainbow of Rocks and some Delawares. Mixing in Dels will add in the del pattern (sigh) in some, and mixing blues with barreds in some directions with partridge may yield a barred or colombian barred lemon blue rock. The actual results can go all over everywhere. I'm kind of looking forward to it but I'm sick like that.