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  1. NatJ

    Dominique? Is it a barred rock or not?

    You should never get a rose comb chick if you have two single comb parents. Because single comb is the recessive gene, it only appears when the chicken is pure for that gene, and then it breeds true. I think that is the main reason single comb is so common: once you have a flock of chickens...
  2. NatJ

    Dominique? Is it a barred rock or not?

    Short answer: genetics. For any rose comb breed, it's moderately common to get single comb birds on occasion. Rose comb is dominant, so a bird can look correct (have a rose comb), but carry the gene for not-rose, and there is no way to tell by looking at the chicken. When someone breeds two...
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