barred rock

My 6 month old BR was laying about 4 eggs/week. She just started laying at the beginning of July despite the hot temperatures here in the dessert. (110+) I am currently feeding them scratch with oyster shell on the side. I have rooster booster in their water for the extra nutrition and...

Last night my husband rescued 3 chickens from some not so great conditions. Two buff orpington hens and one barred rock rooster - 8 mo old.They're all a little skittish after being cooped up for their entire lives. Looking to re-home them to more humane conditions. I would integrate them with my...

So once again I feel like I have been duped by the hatchery that Rural King uses! These are my "teenagers" that are about 3 months old (born in April) I picked out and bought 4 Cuckoo Marans, 2 Sapphire Gems and 2 Easter Eggers. One of the EE died after a week so that is why I only have 1 now...

Hello. First I’d like to say thanks to this forum for existing. 😄 Every time I Google a question this forum seems to have the best answer. I have some more questions and know I will continue to do so for awhile since I’m a 1st time chicken mom so I thought I’d come out of lurking. (1) Are you...

Good morning! I am a chicken newbie of one month. My mother raised ducks but I never liked them because they were mean to me as a toddler. We have three single-comb, brown leg, three Columbian Wyandotte, and two Barred Rock. The Wyandottes are the calmest. The three brown leg remind me of the...

Hi all. First-time chicken owner and after a lot of lurking, I decided it was probably time to make an account and ask the experts. The long and short is that I got seven chicks back on 4/12/23. They were supposed to be: three barred rocks two speckled sussex one "mystery white" who was a week...

So I’ve seen a lot of barred rock and buff Orpington crosses but I’m curious about a barred rock and buff Plymouth Rock cross. I’m sure someone has done it. Are the results about the same as the Orpington cross or are they slightly different. Just trying to satisfy my curiosity.

Hello, I am brand new to chickens and picked up some barred rock pullets about a week ago. The seller said they hatched on April 3. Before we picked up the barred rock chickens, I committed to adopting a friends cockerel. The new cockerel is now home with us, and is separated in an adjacent...

I am new to the world of backyard chickens. My first flock is now almost 19 weeks old. I started with 18 Barred Rock chickens. I lost one during the first hot day in their big coop. I was also gifted a Barred Rock/Easter Egger rooster (about a year old) and an Easter Egger hen (5 years old)...

Hello everyone! I am a first time chicken owner and recently picked up my first 3 about a week ago. I got a Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, and Red-laced wyandotte (however i've only seen it written Blue-laced, so i'm wondering if that was some sort of typo?) Anyways. They were estimated to be...

Hi everyone, New to backyard chickens and I need your help identifying the gender. Some feathers are getting thinner/longer, especially around the neck and tail. Its about 13-14 weeks old. It's also growing a few green/copper feathers. No crowing yet. Could this be a rooster? Thank you.

Hi! I have two chickens that were sold to me as barred rock. One is completely black and white and the other has brown feathers on her neck. Is this normal?

We have a small flock of 4 backyard laying hens. We are looking to add another 2 hens (live in city limits, so we can have 6 hens total, and hopefully on the quieter end, pullet chicks). We have 2 Barred Plymouth Rocks, a Sapphire Gem and a Sapphire Olive Egger. All are pretty great foragers...

Three week old chicks: 🐣 1 White Leghorn cockerel 🐣 1 Porcelain D’uccle cockerel 🐣 1 Millie Fleur D’uccle cockerel - no longer available 🐣 1 Golden Sebright pullet 🐣 7 Barred Rock pullets 🐣 10 Ameraucana pullets 🐣 4 Buff Orpington pullets - pending 🐣 2 Red Sex Link pullets 🐣 4 Salmon...

I bought some barred rocks from a hatchery. I'm interested in having them for my own food but also to help maintain a valuable heritage breed into the future. I'm hatching extra chicks to sell into the local area and I'm wondering what "pure breed" means exactly. I obviously do not have show...

Hi Team, First time hatching some eggs and I was just after some help sexing these 2 barred rock chicks. I have heard they are easiest to sex when they first hatch however when we bought the eggs we were told they were Rhode Island red eggs so it was a surprise when these guys started growing...

So I have a small flock, 11 chickens, 12 now I guess. 9 Barred Rock hens, 1 Buff Orpington hen, 1 Buff Orpington rooster, and now this little fuzzball named Nugget. My Buff Orpington hen, Elizabeth, was trying to hatch 3 eggs. She hatched 1 and abandoned the other 2 eggs. Looking at this chick...

Purchased from a local farm store as barred rocks - I was thinking they're both boys due to the redness of their combs (especially Chick 1) but I wanted to double check before I looked into rehoming them. 5.5 weeks old at time of pictures being taken. Chick 1 on the left, Chick 2 on the...

We have several baby chicks available for local pick up (Central Illinois). Breeds and hatch dates listed below. Happy, healthy, and strong. Vaccinated against Marek's Disease. Americauna pullet (hatched 5/7/2023) - $7 Plymouth Barred Rock pullet (hatched 5/7/2023) - $6 Americauna pullet...