What breed is the rooster?

[maeflower1992]

Hello all. What breed is the rooster and hen in front of him? They are like a cream color with gray/blue tail.

 

[maeflower1992]

Here is a better photo if the pair.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Hello all. What breed is the rooster and hen in front of him? They are like a cream color with gray/blue tail.


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Thinking Isabel Orpington.

 

[JedJackson]

I agree. They're Isabella orpingtons. Fine looking pair.

 

[JedJackson]

I should also mention that he has some barred feathers near the tail, and that is not a typical trait of Isabellas. One ancestor must have the barring gene.

 

[maeflower1992]

You'd get similar coloring in this case if you hatched from the two Isabellas. The rooster looks to have single barring, which means he has only one barring gene instead of two. So he'd pass it on to half of his offspring. No sex link option since you have to have barred hens with non-barred roosters for that, just fyi.

Thank you for the information!

Still learning chicken colors and genetics. I know a bunch more about rabbits lol.

 

[JedJackson]

I was wonering about the barred feathers. That was throwing me off. There are also not many photos online that I could find about the color. I would like to hatch some chicks out from them. Do you know if the chicks would be the same color mostly? I know with some dilute colors you don't get the same color chicks.

You'd get similar coloring in this case if you hatched from the two Isabellas. The rooster looks to have single barring, which means he has only one barring gene instead of two. So he'd pass it on to half of his offspring. No sex link option since you have to have barred hens with non-barred roosters for that, just fyi.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Isabel Cuckoo Orpington rooster. Can't tell if the hen is Isabel or Isabel Cuckoo

 

[LuciferRoo]

You'd get similar coloring in this case if you hatched from the two Isabellas. The rooster looks to have single barring, which means he has only one barring gene instead of two. So he'd pass it on to half of his offspring. No sex link option since you have to have barred hens with non-barred roosters for that, just fyi.

Is it always the case if you mate a barred hen with a none barred rooster the offspring will be sex links?
For example if I take a Barred Plymouth Rock hen and Rhode Island rooster, the resulting chicks will be sex-links?

 

[JedJackson]

Is it always the case if you mate a barred hen with a none barred rooster the offspring will be sex links?
For example if I take a Barred Plymouth Rock hen and Rhode Island rooster, the resulting chicks will be sex-links?

Absolutely. That is the exact cross used to create black sex links. Males will have white spots on the back of the heads, and females won't. You can tell them apart right at birth.

If you used a rooster with the dominant white gene, it probably wouldn't work, because the chicks would likely be all white and you couldn't see the white spots on males. But otherwise it will work.