I've never heard of it either. "The Hampbar is a rare, auto-sexing, dual-purpose chicken breed developed in Canada during the 1950s by crossing Rhodebar males with New Hampshire females. Known as Barred New Hampshires, they are hardy, active foragers, and reliable layers of brown eggs. They are...
Yes, that's a splash chick. Their catalog has a photo of a different splash colored chick as an example. Every chicken breed can be every color, it's their shape/outline and egg color as an adult that defines the breed.
https://www.mthealthy.com/birds/splash-australorp
Or feel free to breed and keep them together without hatching the eggs. Double frizzles make for chickens that look naked and molting all the time, definitely kinder to avoid.
Agree, he's a Spangled OEGB. As far as quality, he should be bred with a hen who has a larger breast and more fanned tail to improve the next generation. I like his color 😊
The rooster appears to be a Sexlink/Leghorn cross, the black hen with a poofy head is likely a Polish cross, the hen with black butt and whiteish front is an Easter Egger mix. More photos to predict the other mixes.
I'm getting more Mottled Japanese Bantams and Laced Cornish for 2026 I think. Might get more large Fowl Cochin and Faverolles as my girls are getting up there in age...hmm
I also had a good experience with Ideal Hatchery, but I always get at least like 10% sickly or deformed birds from Cackles. I think the bird aesthetic quality is much better from Cackles, but clearly some Cackles lines are too inbred or something and you'll lose like 30% of a specific variety...