Tractor Supply chicks "Rainbow Mix"

[Vicki B.]

I bought 6 straight run "Rainbow Mix" chicks form TSC and of course they did not know what breeds are in the rainbow mix. I always end up buying too many chicks from this store because they take such terrible care of them and I want to take them all home! I now have two young roosters from this mix mostly white with some brown speckled feathers they are going to be big boys with small combs and HUGE feet and legs. They are very mellow and I can pick them up and hold them unlike any Leghorn mixes I have that are kind of wild.I can post a picture later is anyone familiar with rainbow mixes and what breeds this might include?

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Likely these...

https://www.hoovershatchery.com/rainbow.html

 

[Molpet]

yes TSC sell at hybrid meat bird called a rainbow.. the birds are sortof different colors and the eggs are brown.

 

[Amer]

Dixie Rainbows. I heard they are a great alternative to Cornish cross for meat. But they are ok for eggs I guess. They do not breed true but they can breed.

 

[Amer]

They are very gentle and mild.

 

[Vicki B.]

Thanks for the information everyone that is exactly what they are I never thought to look for "rainbow " at the hatchery website, duh!

 

[Bonluvsjr04]

I bought 6 straight run "Rainbow Mix" chicks form TSC and of course they did not know what breeds are in the rainbow mix. I always end up buying too many chicks from this store because they take such terrible care of them and I want to take them all home! I now have two young roosters from this mix mostly white with some brown speckled feathers they are going to be big boys with small combs and HUGE feet and legs. They are very mellow and I can pick them up and hold them unlike any Leghorn mixes I have that are kind of wild.I can post a picture later is anyone familiar with rainbow mixes and what breeds this might include?

Sounds like a Jersey Giant! I would have to see pictures.