thoughts? just under 12 weeks

[BuckleberryFern]

you guys were right, ended up with 1 roo and the rest pullets, but something got big boy red and 2 others...very upset.
the other 3 girls are doing great, hoping to find some more this year but hopefully from better lines...obviously these guys wernt as "auto sexing" as they should have been lol.

 

[enola]

Before you buy any more, take pictures and post them here, someone will help you decide if you are getting what uou paid for.

 

[BuckleberryFern]

not so much a case of needing to know if im "getting what I paid for"...
I paid for hatching eggs from rhodebarrs from "greenfire lines" the pictres of the "parents" looked exactly like greenfire rhodebarrs, the hatching eggs arrived and looked exactly like hatching eggs, the hatching eggs hatched and the babies looked EXACTLY like rhodebarr babies are supposed to...some creamy reddish with a white headspot...some chipmonk stripped....
Headspots are SUPPOSED to be male, stripes are supposed to be female as Rhodebarr are an "auto sexing" breed...
the problem came in when 2 of those headspot BOYS...wernt looking like boys...and indeed, only 1 headspot was a boy the other 2 girls
so probably not the line they were claimed to be...

unfortunately one of the risks of purchasing hatching eggs off line...
it happens...
frustrating, yes...but happens all the same.

the 3 surviving hens do look just like greenfire farms rhodebars, and the definitive rooster big boy (who got eated) definatly looked like a rhodebar roo...
the 2 other "should have been boys" however did not look like rhodebar hens (particularly red)