Beautiful Rhodebars! I would love some of those I'll be looking foward to seeing progress pictures as you improve the barring and mahogany color
Here's some more pics, although I don't know if they help much.
http://picasaweb.google.com/MaryOfExeter/October15th2010#
My main rooster here is RJ, who's momma was a black sex-link, and his dad was a RIR. So he looks almost like your typical RIR.
So if this babies are sired by my rooster, he's more than likely the culprit and the mom could be either black sex-links, or hens that appear to be buff/black mixes (who...
I need to post some updated pictures now that they are all a little bit older. I took a very good look at this bird (I'm praying it is a hen but I don't know!) and it's brother. This one has much better barring, in which almost all of its feathers show barring. Wings, chest, back, even the "butt...
I noticed this little girl (or guy?) looked different. Is it a red barred bird? It's a mixed up bird, probably from one of my black sex-link hens and one of my various roosters.