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Yes, definitely happens. I've read that it is common for White Leghorns to be barred (genetically speaking), although of course they just look white. I've also seen some photos and discussions of "ghost barring," when white barring on a white chicken is somewhat visible. Here is one example...

Cuckoo is also the barring gene. Yes, the difference is supposed to be that "barred" has tidy lines and "cuckoo" has the fuzzier lines. I would say that "barred" is actually the one with a modifier (making the lines tidier), based on which appearance shows up most often in mixes and crosses...

Yes, that is correct. A rooster with two copies of the barring gene would give barring to every chick he sires. With some chickens (example: Barred Rocks, Cream Legbar), it is pretty obvious that the males have two copies of barring and the females have one. The males are overall lighter in...

I see this was also addressed in a different thread around that time: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-ask-anything-to-nicalandia-thread.1509343/page-332#post-26794948 At the time I thought the hen & rooster might be Birchen in color, but someone else had a different explanation...

I was considering "Crele" as a color name, but I'm not entirely sure either. Unfortunately, not always. Yes, that is pretty much what I would expect: lots of black chicks with white barring, with various amounts of red/gold that range from little bits (like the hen) to large amounts (like the...