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legsilk
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
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 Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: What colour should they be? |
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Hi everyone,
can anyone tell me what colour black rock chicks should be when they hatch? |
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Henwife
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
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Location: Monmouthshire
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| As they're a sex link, I imagine they would be black. As only accredited breeders can breed real Black Rocks, try asking one of them. |
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Chris Kurzfeld
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
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Location: Carmarthenshire
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| when a friend and i crossed a welsummer cockerel with a black rock hen all the black offspring were female and the gold ones male. |
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Henwife
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
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Location: Monmouthshire
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry, I should have said black pullets. |
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legsilk
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the replies,
The 2 chicks that hatched (bought from ebay as black rocks) are pale yellow, both have a black spot on the top of their head, and 1 has a black stripe down the centre of its back.
Any ideas to what they might be? |
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Hen-Gen
Joined: 15 Jul 2006
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Location: Derbyshire and Shetland
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| To be honest they could be a lot of things. The Black Rock itself is a hybrid (RIR Cockerel X Barred Rock Hen) and so when bred from (even if mated to a Black Rock Cockerel) would throw a range of different plumage colours in the next generation. |
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