What breed are these ladies?

[Peezak]

What breed are these ladies?

 

[BleuSaphir]

They look like diluted Barred Plymouth Rock or mutt of it?

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Cuckoo Maran maybe? Are they laying yet?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

More of those TSC “barred rocks”

Cuckoo Maran maybe? Are they laying yet?

They have yellow legs for one.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

More of those TSC “barred rocks”


They have yellow legs for one.

Sometimes Cuckoo Marans do. It's probably not SOP, but I've seen them that way.

Edited to add: I should say, that I've seen hatcheries advertise "Cuckoo Marans" that had yellow legs. So...

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Another thread with these TSC ”barred rocks.” They’re everywhere.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/poorly-colored-bar-rock.1420213/#post-23341245

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Looked into it more, and they aren't even accepted by the APA, so that probably doesn't help matters. But apparently when the breed was imported to the US, the lines were limited so they outcrossed with similarly patterned breeds such as Barred Rocks, so it is possible to get Cuckoo Marans, especially from hatcheries, that have yellow legs because of this. Rascally hatcheries always making things difficult for us chicken aficionados!

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Hoover Hatchery is the supplier for TSC from what I can tell. This is the chick on their page. They have this one on the TSC page:

 

[Peezak]

Cuckoo Maran maybe? Are they laying yet?

One is!

 

[Painted Calls]

Did they come from TSC or Hoover's by chance?

They are not CM.