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What’s the Difference Between a Barred Rock and a Dominique?

Barred Rock

A lot of chicken keepers who are unfamiliar with both barred Rocks and Dominiques have trouble telling the difference between them. Once you’ve seen both, though, you’ll have no trouble readily identifying which is which. First let’s get one thing straight: “Barred Rock” is not a breed. The breed is Plymouth Rock. The original color […]

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Barred Rock Started Pullet

Barred Rock Started Pullet

Barred Rock Started Pullet – 15 to 22 Weeks Old

Shipped Only Year Round.  No Pick up Orders!
Started Pullets are 45.00 ea. Shipping charges are non refundable.
MAXIMUM OF 2 PER ORDER ONLY
NEXT AVAILABLE SHIP DATE IS IN NOV
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Columbian Rock Chicken

Columbian Rock Rooster
  • Columbian Rock Baby Chicks – Sold as Baby Chicks Only – No Sexing Available
       Minimums – Not Sexed = 3
                                Total of 3 birds to ship   
   Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru mid August
Limit of 25
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Barred Rock Chicken

Barred Rock Rooster
  • Barred Rock – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Minimums –

Not Sexed = 3

Female = 3

Male = 1

Total of 3 birds to ship

Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru September

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Sex Link or Autosex Chickens — What’s the Difference?

Chickens separated by a divider in a cardboard box

The terms “sex link” and “autosex” both refer to chicks whose gender is obvious as soon as they hatch. But the two terms are not synonymous. Sex link chickens, or sex links, result from mating a hen and a rooster of two different breeds. Autosex chickens are the offspring of a hen and a rooster […]

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Green Muscle Disease in Broiler Chickens

A diagram of a normal chicken muscle and a chicken muscle infected by green muscle

First, let’s dispense with a few myths. Green muscle disease is not a disease. It is a disorder involving muscle degeneration. Second, among chickens it affects only Cornish-cross broilers, but not other types of meat chickens. Third, it is not new, having been identified since 1968. And fourth, green muscle is highly preventable. What is […]

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