Cool thank you, I'll have a look at what we have here.
Yeah we have a lot of regulations about bringing poultry into the country so there's little to no chance he's a marans. Dorkings and Hollands are highly unlikely too but there is more of a small chance with those. Sort of why I defaulted...
Sweet thank you that helps! Hes about the same age as some of the pullets then.
I was thinking legbar or leghorn somewhere in there but he's definitely not a marans we don't have any in the country I live in, unsure if we have olive egger either.
Do you know of any other cuckoo/barred breeds...
We only introduced him to the hens yesterday so no mating or none that we've witnessed yet (he's chased a couple but they're not interested right now)
Cool thank you, that helps a bit to figure out what to watch out for
Kia ora,
We've introduced a new roo into the flock of 9 hens (4 pullets).
My guess is he's a barred rock mixed with who knows what, if anyone has another opinion please let me know!
I'm wondering if anyone had any clues as to how old he may be so I know how much I should watch for behavioural...