I have Buff orps and barred rocks in the same area, all doing their business with each other lol. Finishing a new smaller coop for the couple buff orps. eventually ill hatch some eggs so after the neighbors asked about them and stated they would rather have one or the other and not a mixed breed. Just eggs for now though 🙂
We just bought 7 Barred Rock hens, have a Delaware Rooster which we hatched last year around the same time his father got killed by a fox. Can’t wait to see the chicks they create!
I'm used to sexing chicks, it is fairly easy when they are fully feathered. Pullets grow their wing feathers first, so they are usually longer than roosters. Pullets will have complete wing feathers while roosters will be halfway even though they are of the same age. Pullets are more flighty as chicks and lighter. I think this is more to the fact that roosters are bigger so their body focuses more on body mass than growing feathers as chicks.
Is there a video of them grown? I crossed my blue, birchin maran rooster with my sapphires but I sold them all but two and a hawk killed them hopefully they will hatch more soon.
Crazy how it was just a year ago you could still use genitalia to determine gender 🤣 also, the reason the baby cockerel jumps on mamas back is because it’s wired to do that (as roosters mate all day long with hens) they obviously can’t yet but they’re hardwired to practice, and the mama hen will put him in his place if he won’t stop.
Both gender chicks will jump on their mom's back. It doesn't having anything to do with mating instincts. If you put a low roosting bar or a branch in there, they will love hopping onto it or practicing flying up to it!
