Thank you everyone so much we still have to learn. It sounds like I am stuck with a Lalo which is a mutt. and I'm also short an egg layer, might need to get a couple more chickens to make up for it. not sure if the neighbors will be ok with a rooster next door but the wife really doesn't want to get rid of (eat) Lalo. We'll see how it goes.
junebuggena the wable turned red around 10 weeks we think.
Kev we are in the US of Texas, we bought the "pullets" from a small farm in San Antonio as barred rocks, we didn't know any better.
They are very nice looking birds, regardless!
It's possible the sellers didn't know any better. There are a lot of people who will call any black and white barred bird a "barred rock" or "domeicker"(dominique- an old american breed, used to be widespread, now not very common) even if it otherwise looks way off from usual barred rock type.
Have fun getting couple more layers and hope the neighbors will be allright with Lalo's uh, singing.
