Anyone know what color this is called?

[PoultryPrince]

I had this roo a few years back but for the life of me I have never been able to find out what color he was. I saw some other Old English birds on Craigslist who had similar coloring awhile after he had passed, but wasn't really in a position where I should get more chickens... Could I have? Maybe, but my Dad would've likely had my head.
I utterly adore this color but haven't been able to find it again, or find out what it is, even though I got him from a feed store as a chick, (didn't plan on getting a bantam at that point but you all know how dangerous feed store runs are. Chicken math and all that.)
Any help on figuring out his color would be appreciated!! Thanks, I hope this is the right form... thought there was a form dedicated to color but I didn't see it...

 

[Painted Calls]

I've never seen anything quite like this before. Super interesting! Part of his pattern reminds me of the spangled pattern on Hamburgs.

@Amer @The Moonshiner what is going on here?

 

[PoultryPrince]

@Overo Mare​

I know right? It has kinda a spangled look but not quite. I've only see this coloration one other time and I still regret that I didn't buy those birds.

 

[Amer]

I think it would be considered "golden quill," meaning it is like silver quill but heterozygous for gold. I'm not sure on the genotype of quill, but I believe it is related to quail and ginger red though it does look a lot like autosomal barring.

 

[sdm111]

@Overo Mare​

I know right? It has kinda a spangled look but not quite. I've only see this coloration one other time and I still regret that I didn't buy those birds.

Technically spangled is white tipped feathers on an otherwise normal coloring. White anyplace other than the tips is not spangled

 

[NatJ]

The markings on the baby's head remind me of the markings on baby Buttercup's heads. Not identical, but similar enough that I wonder if they have some genes in common.

Technically spangled is white tipped feathers on an otherwise normal coloring. White anyplace other than the tips is not spangled

Unless you're talking about the kind of Spangling found in Hamburgs, which is different both visually and genetically.

 

[PoultryPrince]

I think it would be considered "golden quill," meaning it is like silver quill but heterozygous for gold. I'm not sure on the genotype of quill, but I believe it is related to quail and ginger red though it does look a lot like autosomal barring.

I'll admit I had to go look up what those colors looked like, I'd never heard of quill before. The silver quill pictures I saw did look a lot like him with their patterns, so maybe the Golden quill is the right color.
I don't know if this would help, but I know when I bred him to a B. B. Red hen the chicks all came out looking like B. B. Reds. Although, I'll admit my knowledge on chicken color genetics is lacking, so the genes for B. B. red could just be dominate and have overshadowed what ever his genes were... The only other roo I had at that point was a birchen Modern game but I don't think he bred the hens I had this rooster with.

 

[PoultryPrince]

The markings on the baby's head remind me of the markings on baby Buttercup's heads. Not identical, but similar enough that I wonder if they have some genes in common.



Unless you're talking about the kind of Spangling found in Hamburgs, which is different both visually and genetically.

Those little markings are what sold me on him, they were just to unique and I did not want to leave the store without him. They do kinda look like the buttercup chicks though don't they? I never had even considered that until you mentioned it. That's the closest I've seen any chick resemble him.

 

[Painted Calls]

Technically spangled is white tipped feathers on an otherwise normal coloring. White anyplace other than the tips is not spangled View attachment 2558327

Which is why I said it sort of reminds me of a Hamburg. Silver to be exact. Definitely not the same as the OP's bird. Just what came to mind.

That's a beautiful cock you posted.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Reminds me of a silver Egyptian Fayoumi
May be a golden or a mix or something totally different. IDK