That is still puzzling! He definitely has white barring, and if the father (Rhode Island Red) had no white barring, then it must have come from the mother. So I think his mother must be the Barred Rock (even though that means she is carrying some genes that a purebred Barred Rock is not supposed to carry, like the one that allows red to show instead of having a plain black base color.)11 weeks old now, he's turning out to be quite handsome
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