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You need to search for other threads about BR chicks, especially ones where SpeckledHen has answered. If I'm remembering correctly, you DO want the dark on the legs, and a nice round head spot, for BR pullets...
Okay well I have 5 barred rock hens and none of them have black on the legs! But my black sex links do?
The black goes away as they age. My BR hen from TSC last year wound up having white legs as an adult.
You need to search for other threads about BR chicks, especially ones where SpeckledHen has answered. If I'm remembering correctly, you DO want the dark on the legs, and a nice round head spot, for BR pullets...
Okay well I have 5 barred rock hens and none of them have black on the legs! But my black sex links do?
The black goes away as they age. My BR hen from TSC last year wound up having white legs as an adult.