All my chickens can yall help me?

[HuDa2022]

Well I just hatched 26 babies about 4 weeks ago I have a Sea Bright pair but they are in a cage right now, my one rooster I'm pretty sure is a barred Plymouth Rock and then I got two big black astrolarps they are so pretty and I am wondering what all my other chickens are, can y'all help me I almost think well summer and green legged partridge, but their eggs are light brown and I'm new to raising chickens.

 

[fluffycrow]

You've got a welsummer, a mix, an australorp and a mix breed cockerel, he is not BR

 

[HuDa2022]

You've got a welsummer, a mix, an australorp and a mix breed cockerel, he is not BR

Okay thank u so you say my other brownish birds that aren't welsummer are a mixed breed? And what do you think my rooster thay I thought was BR is mixed with??

 

[fluffycrow]

Yes the other bird is a mix. The rooster/cockerel isn't a BR because it's not double barred, plus he has brown male specific feathering, can't really distinguish any other breeds in him, he's just a barnyard mix

 

[HuDa2022]

Yes the other bird is a mix. The rooster/cockerel isn't a BR because it's not double barred, plus he has brown male specific feathering, can't really distinguish any other breeds in him, he's just a barnyard mix

Okay, normally he doesn't have the brown/ yellow on him he is just black and white, I have rabbit cages hanging above, he might have got peed on , I don't think he would appreciate a bath though, does double barred mean the white Bars are wider? I love how his feathers fall down long all over him, Thank you so much

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

You've got a welsummer, a mix, an australorp and a mix breed cockerel, he is not BR

I agree! He may be a "Genetic Hackle" a mix bred to have long hackle and saddle feathers for use in fly fishing

 

[fluffycrow]

I agree! He may be a "Genetic Hackle" a mix bred to have long hackle and saddle feathers for use in fly fishing

Omg I had forgotten this existed, thanks for reminding me, I remember seeing a video about it a few years back!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Omg I had forgotten this existed, thanks for reminding me, I remember seeing a video about it a few years back!

They're a gorgeous mix! Definitely uncommon but the long-feathers on a barred bird makes me wonder because that's a common variety in that mix

 

[NatJ]

The rooster/cockerel isn't a BR because it's not double barred, plus he has brown male specific feathering, can't really distinguish any other breeds in him, he's just a barnyard mix

I agree he is not a Barred Rock.
But I am not sure about whether he is single barred or double barred.

I think OP has another thread talking about a recently-hatched batch of chicks. That will probably answer the barring question: if he produces any chicks with no barring, he must have one gene for not-barred. But if he produces lots of chicks from non-barred hens, and all of the chicks have white barring, then he probably does have two barring genes.

 

[HuDa2022]

I agree he is not a Barred Rock.
But I am not sure about whether he is single barred or double barred.

I think OP has another thread talking about a recently-hatched batch of chicks. That will probably answer the barring question: if he produces any chicks with no barring, he must have one gene for not-barred. But if he produces lots of chicks from non-barred hens, and all of the chicks have white barring, then he probably does have two barring genes.

Okay thank you so much some of the chicks are not striped so I'm assuming that means not barred....so I guess he is some kind of mix, very interesting learning all this new stuff. I appreciate yall very much