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Quote: So, would I call them Cuckoo Plymouth Rocks? No, If they even are Rocks, at best they would be called poorly colored hatchery barred rocks, if they should have much more distinct barring if they are barred rocks. But as speckledhen pointed out, they could possibly be barred rock...

Well either way, their color is Cuckoo, not real ( slow feathering ) Barred. So if they are barred rocks they are very poorly colored but if they serve you for what you want them for and you arent concerned with the color, then it really doesnt matter I guess.

Quote: I'm not familiar with what this means, can you explain please? First of all, like some else also said, they dont look like barred rocks so I am voting Cuckoo Marans. As for the Het Barred thing. Barring is sexlinked in itself and I believe hens only get one copy of barring and males...

Tail and wing feathering rates are not an accurate way of sexing rocks and such. They both have the dark pullet coloring but the one does have more of a roos comb, so it may possibly be a Het barred roo which would make him dark like pullets. But BTW, they'e barring looks more Cuckoo, like a...