Any idea what breed of rooster Mr Wiggs is?

[rubi fussell]

His lighter barring isn’t because he’s a marans or Dominique cross, it’s because he has the blue gene (he’s blue barred), though I agree that he could be a marans mix

Australorp blue cross

 

[rubi fussell]

That is a blue Australorp rooster

 

[AinaWGSD]

His lighter barring isn’t because he’s a marans or Dominique cross, it’s because he has the blue gene (he’s blue barred), though I agree that he could be a marans mix

Good catch! The barring is all over. As far as I know there's no way to restrict barring to certain areas of the body except for the Columbian pattern (which doesn't restrict barring insomuch as it covers black [and black dilutes] with silver except in the neck and tail). The blue feathers on his breast  are barred, barring is just more difficult to see on blue. I'd also wager that he's only got one copy of the barring gene which means narrower white bars than if he had two copies.

 

[SnackMeat]

I have a really hard time seeing blue versus black (say, splash or barring.) I can see the chest is blue, so is that why the barring is blue?

Can barring genes follow Columbian placement on the body? Or with BYM it's just luck of the draw where some patterns pop out on the body?

 

[AinaWGSD]

I have a really hard time seeing blue versus black (say, splash or barring.) I can see the chest is blue, so is that why the barring is blue?

Can barring genes follow Columbian placement on the body? Or with BYM it's just luck of the draw where some patterns pop out on the body?

Technically, barring is always white. The barring gene causes a white bar on feathers. Mr Wiggs is blue barred because he has white barring on a blue background.

The chest is barred, it's just much harder to see barring on a background color that isn't black.

Delawares are an example of a breed with barring on a Columbian pattern.

picture from tractor supply website
In this case it's not so much that the barring is only on the tail and neck though. Delawares are barred over the entire body. However, since white barring really isn't visible on white feathers it looks like the barring is restricted to the Columbian battered area.

photo from pintrest
This is what barring looks like on a buff Columbian chicken

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Technically, barring is always white. The barring gene causes a white bar on feathers. Mr Wiggs is blue barred because he has white barring on a blue background. View attachment 4223070The chest is barred, it's just much harder to see barring on a background color that isn't black.

Delawares are an example of a breed with barring on a Columbian pattern.View attachment 4223072
picture from tractor supply website
In this case it's not so much that the barring is only on the tail and neck though. Delawares are barred over the entire body. However, since white barring really isn't visible on white feathers it looks like the barring is restricted to the Columbian battered area.
View attachment 4223074photo from pintrest
This is what barring looks like on a buff Columbian chicken

Heh.
I’ve got a mixed rooster with ghost barring, and a single black and white Barred tail feather.

 

[SnackMeat]

Technically, barring is always white. The barring gene causes a white bar on feathers. Mr Wiggs is blue barred because he has white barring on a blue background. View attachment 4223070The chest is barred, it's just much harder to see barring on a background color that isn't black.

Delawares are an example of a breed with barring on a Columbian pattern.View attachment 4223072
picture from tractor supply website
In this case it's not so much that the barring is only on the tail and neck though. Delawares are barred over the entire body. However, since white barring really isn't visible on white feathers it looks like the barring is restricted to the Columbian battered area.
View attachment 4223074photo from pintrest
This is what barring looks like on a buff Columbian chicken

Thanks! That's handy to know. The blue and barring on the rest of the body is so hazy to me. I'm not sure I would ever pick that up but I can see how you can look for it knowing there *is* barring because of the neck and the tail.

Cool though.