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[BGMatt]

Hi BGMatt I am looking to purchase good quality australops as well and I was wondering about kevin noorlander? Thanks

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[Chickielady]

Better pictures of my mystery chicks (maybe Jersey Giants?) We were told they were Barred Rock but, unless I'm missing something these are not BR chicks!
Chick 1





Chick 2




Chick 3

Java chick above


Java chicks a little older (note yellow soles)


Java chicks (above) one on left is a Black, the one on the right is also a black but carries the lurking mottled gene.
Even the Jersey Giants are this coloration, not pure black.
I just cannot tell for sure what those chicks are !
Sorry !

Black Australorps chicks (above)
It is possible they are australorps....but cannot be positive !
Sorry !

 

[Rainier]

Java chick above


Java chicks a little older (note yellow soles)


Java chicks (above) one on left is a Black, the one on the right is also a black but carries the lurking mottled gene.
Even the Jersey Giants are this coloration, not pure black.
I just cannot tell for sure what those chicks are !
Sorry !

Black Australorps chicks (above)
It is possible they are australorps....but cannot be positive !
Sorry !

and the mystery continues! I'll just post more pictures as they get older. We have one Australorp chick but she (suppose to be a girl) looks nothing like the three mystery chicks. If they end up being hens we'll have to name them Agatha, Nancy and Thelma from Scooby Doo) lol The first chick looks like the Java chicks.

The one I think looks like a Java chick from the first day to present.

 

[Rainier]

The other two

 

[Rainier]

For comparison our Australorp chick

 

[ochochicas]

Cockerels of what breed ?
Doesn't anyone there have a list of what they ordered from the hatchery ?
Maybe you can ask someone in management ?

In my experience, not very many feed stores order white rocks, unless they were requested by a shopper and not picked up......but Matt is correct that they are too heavy to be Leghorns.
I am trying to guess what breeds a feed store normally orders......................?

As long as they for sure have a S/C, then I would agree with Matt that they are White Rocks, but watch how stocky they get compared to others their own age & see if they maybe are White Giants.
I doubt it, but maybe...I can see no other hatchery breed they could be.

I think my barred rock is a cockerel. I will try to get a pick posted tomorrow.

The store I got the chicks from had about 15 different types of chicks. On the list of what they ordered that could be white were leghorns, cornish x, red stars (the cockerels would be white), and that was it. They had barred rock pullets but no white rocks. However, they had signs saying what were in the brooders and there were more breeds on the signs than they had on the hatchery list. For example, they had a half dozen or so Buff Orpingtons but no record anywhere that they were selling them in the store. It was very confusing. I told the store that I didn't want any white chickens since they are going to be free range and I'm worried about a predator getting them. They looked at me like I was evil. Oh well...I love the chicks all just the same and will do my best to protect them. I have not been back to that store since I got the chicks.

Today I weighed all the chicks. They are 5 weeks old. The smallest one is the Welsummer and she is .6 pounds. The largest one is 1.6 pounds (she is gigantic) and looks like a RIR. The white ones are both around 1 pound so I doubt they could be Cornish Xs.

 

[BGMatt]

I think my barred rock is a cockerel.  I will try to get a pick posted tomorrow.

The store I got the chicks from had about 15 different types of chicks.  On the list of what they ordered that could be white were leghorns, cornish x, red stars (the cockerels would be white), and that was it.  They had barred rock pullets but no white rocks.   However, they had signs saying  what were in the brooders and there were more breeds on the signs than they had on the hatchery list.  For example, they had a half dozen or so Buff Orpingtons but no record anywhere that they were selling them in the store.  It was very confusing.  I told the store that I didn't want any white chickens since they are going to be free range and I'm worried about a predator getting them.  They looked at me like I was evil.  Oh well...I love the chicks all just the same and will do my best to protect them.  I have not been back to that store since I got the chicks.  

Today I weighed all the chicks.  They are 5 weeks old.  The smallest one is the Welsummer and she is .6 pounds.  The largest one is 1.6 pounds (she is gigantic) and looks like  a RIR.  The white ones are both around 1 pound so I doubt they could be Cornish Xs.  

That's one of the big problems with feed stores never know what you're actually getting. Be interesting to see them grow. If it puts your mind at ease about light colored birds and predators there's really no truth to that, most predators vision is good enough that color or pattern don't matter. A hawk or eagle that is able to pick out field mice from hundreds of feet up in the air is going to see your birds regardless of color. So they're no harder to protect than anything else.

 

[jbkirk]

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Very true about the feed stores, we once bought "standard" chickens and got banties.

 

[elizmartin]

That's one of the big problems with feed stores never know what you're actually getting. Be interesting to see them grow. If it puts your mind at ease about light colored birds and predators there's really no truth to that, most predators vision is good enough that color or pattern don't matter. A hawk or eagle that is able to pick out field mice from hundreds of feet up in the air is going to see your birds regardless of color. So they're no harder to protect than anything else.

Hi, Matt, though i agree, it always seems that the white colored chickens get nabbed first especially by the coyotes before my fencing was done…but to prove Your point, yesterday a beautiful bald eagle had lunch at my expense and it was one of my rose-combed Ancona hens (black-white flecks)…..a definite color combo for safety but not for her…..eliz

 

[ochochicas]

We lost two cats the first year here. The first was a calico that was about 50% white. We lost her during the day and contributed it to her color and the fact that she wasn't the brightest crayon in the box. A few days afterwards we lost our black cat around dusk. She was a very sly hunter and very well camouflaged.. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Our adult hens do not stray farm from the barn. With the buildings, trees, horses and people around it would be difficult for the hawks to get them. They only stray out to the pastures when we go out with them. I hope the pullets will learn from the hens and stay close to home unless there are people (or horses) with them.

Thanks everyone for the input.