If you are rehoming the cockerel, please don't sell/give away as a Rhodebar. Your confusion is real, and it is a disservice to the breed to pass on inferior stock of any breed/species. I think you would get 100% same answer from any serious RB breeder to keep this type of chick down coloring OUT of the RB gene pool as it is not clearly autosexing. Please find him a home as a mixed breed, or eat him yourself. They make fine fryers.
...and hence my question posted...because I do desire to re-home or dispose responsibly...and it appears t'will be for utility purposes or freezer camp only....assuming the wheaten turns out to be a rooster...I could luck out and it could be a hen, so I won't sharpen the knife quite yet.
How far East TN? Daughter just moved to new farm with new hubby in TN looking to expand flock.
Oh thank you so much for the pics. I needed that!I snapped a couple of pics of my first hatch F1 pullets. As you can see in the pics their legs are no longer greenish but a nice bright yellow. They are awesome foragers go much further from the coop then my HRIR did at that age. Since letting them free-range my feed bill has really decreased, lol. I am hoping this trait follows into the next generation.
Penny
Boredom had set in here and it's killing me that I haven't seen any of my critters since last Thursday. I walked without crutches this morning so I'm hoping I can get to the barn in the next few days. Even have a new calf I haven't seen. I am not very good at doing nothing. Knee surgery was not on my agenda this spring. But... it's over so... catching up on reading. So... The pics provided me with some much needed entertainment. .. Thanks. they are looking good. I bet you are getting excited for pol.
