Barred rooster over solid hen

[ThePotterChooks]

Hey guys.
I’ve been doing a bit of a project with my Barred Rock rooster over my solid black araucana hen.
In the past I’ve paired her with a blue Araucana rooster and one of the chicks from them ended up lavender, so she *may* carry Lavender (unsure if it was the rooster!) too.
All the chicks I’ve been getting from the BR/Ara have expectedly been Barred. I have another hatch happening right now and one of the chicks has just come out yellow with a few black spots? It’s literally just hatched so I haven’t seen it all dried out yet.
Wondering what the deal might be there?? I was fully expecting all chicks to be barred. I have pure BR and the BR/Ara crosses hatching, so still a few more of the coloured eggs to hatch. So far all of them have hatched black with a white head spot, as expected.
So, what can I expect from this yellow chick?? I’m still new to genetics so I’m not sure. I was under the impression a barred rooster will always throw barred chicks unless bred to dominant white which she definitely is not.

 

[nicalandia]

Pics of the dried chicks will help alot

 

[ThePotterChooks]

Pics of the dried chicks will help alot

They are all still currently in the incubator, but this is the best I managed to get so far. The incubator is far more full now so no chance of getting a clear shot until I transfer them to the brooder.

But, aside from this one yellow chick, they all look as expected - black with a white headspot! There’s over 20 chicks in there and only one little yellow.

 

[nicalandia]

Wow, very strange indeed! before the pics I would have said that maybe wheaten eWh/eWh from two Heterozygote parents, but it seems quite different that a wheaten chick. seems like it will have Black/Barred feathers

 

[The Prairie]

How'd this little one turn out out of curiosity?

 

[Rkporter]

Hey guys.
I’ve been doing a bit of a project with my Barred Rock rooster over my solid black araucana hen.
In the past I’ve paired her with a blue Araucana rooster and one of the chicks from them ended up lavender, so she *may* carry Lavender (unsure if it was the rooster!) too.
All the chicks I’ve been getting from the BR/Ara have expectedly been Barred. I have another hatch happening right now and one of the chicks has just come out yellow with a few black spots? It’s literally just hatched so I haven’t seen it all dried out yet.
Wondering what the deal might be there?? I was fully expecting all chicks to be barred. I have pure BR and the BR/Ara crosses hatching, so still a few more of the coloured eggs to hatch. So far all of them have hatched black with a white head spot, as expected.
So, what can I expect from this yellow chick?? I’m still new to genetics so I’m not sure. I was under the impression a barred rooster will always throw barred chicks unless bred to dominant white which she definitely is not.

I have a question. I just bred a double barred Legbar rooster to a true black Ameraucana hen. I have a black chick with a large white spot on the head and some barring showing. Does this white spot on the head indicate a male (sex link)? Thanks

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I have a question. I just bred a double barred Legbar rooster to a true black Ameraucana hen. I have a black chick with a large white spot on the head and some barring showing. Does this white spot on the head indicate a male (sex link)? Thanks

No. All offspring of a double barred rooster will have one copy of the barring gene.

 

[Willawong Hill]

The sex link only works if it's the hen that's barred, not the rooster. Would love to know how the original chick turned out also...