Some of My Barred Rocks Today

[SterlingAcres]

Oh they are gorgeous Cyn

If only I had more room here! LOL

 

[mtnhomechick]

Keeping fingers crossed for Zane. Wow.....never added a rooster to my prayer list before!

 

[halo]

I just love my barred rocks. Cyn, youre crew is gorgeous. My hens that are laying now are from your eggs from earlier this year. In fact Ive got some in the incubator...cant wait.

 

[dangerouschicken]

What lucky chickens to have such a nice chicken mama, showing off their pictures, etc.

 

[speckledhen]

Kath, I'm so glad you're pleased with them! They are sweet birds, aren't they? I'm wondering if I need a third rooster with this big laying flock, though. I was counting on Zane, but now, since he probably wont ever be back with the main flock, I dont know if 2 roosters is enough for over 40 hens. Maybe since they're BRs, at least the BR girls will be mated, birds of a feather and all that, LOL. Guess I could put my Delaware boy in there with them and when I need pure eggs, I could remove him to another coop. Well, I'll figure it out.

 

[McGoo]

Dutch is just spectacular! They all are, but somehow he's emperial.

As always, such a treat to see your birds.

 

[CarriBrown]

They look great! I wish I could have some Hawkeye grandchickies.

 

[Mahonri]

Wow, the barring is so beautiful. My BRs from McMurray are no where near that beautiful

 

[speckledhen]

Thank you all for the compliments. The barring is interesting, Mahonri. The further I get from hatchery stock, the better it gets. Some of the older girls are from my friend Kate's birds-her late rooster sired them and he was a McMurray boy. My Lexie is from Ideal and is almost 3 yrs old now. She has fair barring, but it's really lighter than most pullets and her body size is small for a standard BR. Hawkeye was supposedly from McMurray, but he and Lexie and mine from Kate's flock, have produced some wonderful chicks with barring better than the parents themselves.
I took other pics of some of the non barred kids, too. Here are a few-Carri, here's Nugget:

 

[halo]

Cyn, you have over 40 hens? Why was I thinking you had small flocks? Is that 40 BRs or is that the orps too?