White chick from 2 barred rock parents

[youngwildfreefamilyfarm]

You could also take the simple route, & order some Heritage Plymouth Barred Rocks, which conform to the SOP. They're alittle more pricey then regular hatchery Barred Rocks.

That is true, and I have thought of doing that as well. Well worth the money to not end up with a rouge white chick in a barred rock hatch though.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I love a good challenge and I love the barred rock breed so I am happy to do it.

I’m thinking of purchasing a heritage Plymouth barred rock from Meyer’s and then use him to selectively correct my hens. I am not fond of my current rooster so I wouldn’t miss him and I could add some correct hens and then over time breed out the mixes. What is SOP?

I like challenges too.

 

[youngwildfreefamilyfarm]

I like challenges too.

I will take photos of my adult flock tomorrow along with my new hatch and post them. Thank you so much for your time.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I will take photos of my adult flock tomorrow along with my new hatch and post them. Thank you so much for your time.

Did you ever get pictures?

 

[CrazyCochin]

Thank you so much! I know only that barring can create sex linking. In barred rock chicks (true for my hatchery chicks that are the parents of my new hatch) the ones with a lot of white on the head were Roos. I did also have 3 from that same batch that were Roos and were barred just like the hens, but they were not light enough to be proper barred rock Roos

Wow!

I haven't ever done any pure breeding, so I wouldn't know much, we have just ended up with Barnyard mixes over the years, but I want to do selective breeding once our flock number goes down from 50+.

 

[CrazyCochin]

I got some wyondotte hens to do barnyard mixes but I love the idea of creating purebred barred rocks and selecting for correct color and form, so I certainly need to sort this out. I would love to have that many chickens

I love the wyandottes!
I was supposed to get a Blue laced red this year, but the feed store sold me a blue laced gold! But I am not bothered by it! She would still give off pretty babies, I plan to breed her to my Bantam Cochin and LF Buff Brahma crossed cockerel!

Thank you! But that many can be real work to keep up!

 

[CrazyCochin]

We have a big bucket that we made a DIY feeder out of it holds two bags of chicken feed!
It is between a 30 gal and 20 gal bucket!

 

[CrazyCochin]

He is so beautiful! Can I see a picture of your pullet? I’ll take pictures of mine tomorrow. I’m hopeful I get a BLG or BLR in my batch because I really want at least one.

Let me get the pick!

 

[CrazyCochin]

He is so beautiful! Can I see a picture of your pullet? I’ll take pictures of mine tomorrow. I’m hopeful I get a BLG or BLR in my batch because I really want at least one.

Here is Midori!

 

[youngwildfreefamilyfarm]

I went from 70 chickens down to 62 recently. Butchered 7 birds, & lost a hen due to heat stroke.

That is a lot. I think I would ideally like about 40-50 birds. I am able to free range mine so that helps so much with the feed cost. Otherwise it would just be too much.