Same Barred Rock...Still looks roo-ish to me...
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Are you asking if my pullet is a Cuckoo?
I have 3, all from a reliable store, all look the same, all BR pullets, I was asking the same question about the posters pic of their roo.
I guess I am. My understanding (but I'm very new) is that broken barring is cuckoo, so that a Plymouth Rock with broken barring would be a cuckoo rock rather than a barred rock. Is that not so? Or does it depend on the degree of barring/brokenness and whether or not they are adult since I've been told that the barring is more regular in adulthood than in adolescence?
Are you asking if my pullet is a Cuckoo?
I have 3, all from a reliable store, all look the same, all BR pullets, I was asking the same question about the posters pic of their roo.
I guess I am. My understanding (but I'm very new) is that broken barring is cuckoo, so that a Plymouth Rock with broken barring would be a cuckoo rock rather than a barred rock. Is that not so? Or does it depend on the degree of barring/brokenness and whether or not they are adult since I've been told that the barring is more regular in adulthood than in adolescence?
Barred Rock pullets do seem to get a bigger comb than other breeds, but they are typically easy to color sex. Yours is definitely girly colored!
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my BR pullet, in that pic is about 7 weeks.
so instead of me thinking the poster has a cuckoo, now you all think I do?
That would make 3...I got these from a reliable store, but hey, I don't really care....I wanted a couple of those anyhow...
they would be very shocked, they are very particular about the hatchery they deal with and the chicks they receive...
I will keep an eye on mine as well...I raised 4 BR roos, so the pullet look is new to me.
my BR pullet, in that pic is about 7 weeks.
so instead of me thinking the poster has a cuckoo, now you all think I do?
That would make 3...I got these from a reliable store, but hey, I don't really care....I wanted a couple of those anyhow...
they would be very shocked, they are very particular about the hatchery they deal with and the chicks they receive...
I will keep an eye on mine as well...I raised 4 BR roos, so the pullet look is new to me.
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Are you asking if my pullet is a Cuckoo?
I have 3, all from a reliable store, all look the same, all BR pullets, I was asking the same question about the posters pic of their roo.
I guess I am. My understanding (but I'm very new) is that broken barring is cuckoo, so that a Plymouth Rock with broken barring would be a cuckoo rock rather than a barred rock. Is that not so? Or does it depend on the degree of barring/brokenness and whether or not they are adult since I've been told that the barring is more regular in adulthood than in adolescence?
Most hatchery Barred Rocks do look more cuckoo barred than straight barred. Just the nature of the beast. I have had BRs since starting with chickens, hatchery stock, some a couple generations removed from there, but just recently hatched some from show quality stock. HUGE difference, but both are certainly barred Rocks, just no attention to quality in the hatchery stock. If you start with hatchery stock, you rarely get a chick that turns out much better than the parents, though I've had that happen a couple of times.
Here is a boy out of hatchery parents, very common for hatchery stock, still a BR:
And my new up-and-coming cockerel, Rex, about the same age:
Are you asking if my pullet is a Cuckoo?
I have 3, all from a reliable store, all look the same, all BR pullets, I was asking the same question about the posters pic of their roo.
I guess I am. My understanding (but I'm very new) is that broken barring is cuckoo, so that a Plymouth Rock with broken barring would be a cuckoo rock rather than a barred rock. Is that not so? Or does it depend on the degree of barring/brokenness and whether or not they are adult since I've been told that the barring is more regular in adulthood than in adolescence?
Most hatchery Barred Rocks do look more cuckoo barred than straight barred. Just the nature of the beast. I have had BRs since starting with chickens, hatchery stock, some a couple generations removed from there, but just recently hatched some from show quality stock. HUGE difference, but both are certainly barred Rocks, just no attention to quality in the hatchery stock. If you start with hatchery stock, you rarely get a chick that turns out much better than the parents, though I've had that happen a couple of times.
Here is a boy out of hatchery parents, very common for hatchery stock, still a BR:
And my new up-and-coming cockerel, Rex, about the same age:
All of my pullets have big combs. They just aren't very pink yet.
All three of them look like this and they are six or eight weeks in this picture.
All three of them look like this and they are six or eight weeks in this picture.
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Okay i need help. I bought this chick at a feed store in the cage that said pullets. Please tell me the chick is a she. Im worried that she is a he and this would be the sencond time i got boys instead of girls.
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