Australorp or Blue rock?

[amd87]

I got these two from a bin labeled Blue Rock. But then one grew up to be completed black, with green metallic feathers. Not very Blue Rock of her.
Do you think Black Betty is an Australorp? And do you think Snowy(the silver one) is a Blue Rock or a Blue Australorp?

 

[Jener8or]

My understanding is that "Blue Rocks" are a Blue Australorp male over a Barred Rock female (sex-linked cross.) But blue doesn't breed true, (it will give 25% black females and 25% blue females--the males will be barred.) So I am wondering if this chick accidentally didn't get taken out of the bin or was mistaken as "blue" while sorting them out. (So a black Blue Rock would be my guess.)

I think Snowy is a Blue Rock.

 

[amd87]

My understanding is that "Blue Rocks" are a Blue Australorp male over a Barred Rock female (sex-linked cross.) But blue doesn't breed true, (it will give 25% black females and 25% blue females--the males will be barred.) So I am wondering if this chick accidentally didn't get taken out of the bin or was mistaken as "blue" while sorting them out. (So a black Blue Rock would be my guess.)

I think Snowy is a Blue Rock.

Interesting. I looked up if a blue rock could be black and everything I found said no. But your explanation makes sense.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

My understanding is that "Blue Rocks" are a Blue Australorp male over a Barred Rock female (sex-linked cross.) But blue doesn't breed true, (it will give 25% black females and 25% blue females--the males will be barred.) So I am wondering if this chick accidentally didn't get taken out of the bin or was mistaken as "blue" while sorting them out. (So a black Blue Rock would be my guess.)

I think Snowy is a Blue Rock.

It has the exact description of what a Blue Rock cross is on the bin and it says Andalusian. I would bet money that they’re using splash to ensure that the offspring are blue because I’ve never seen a black “blue sexlink.”

 

[Jener8or]

Interesting. I looked up if a blue rock could be black and everything I found said no. But your explanation makes sense.

(Maybe they were just covering their bases?)
Blue Rocks are an actual breed, too, as far as I know (they are rare), so who knows, but it's kind of misleading they are even calling a hatchery hybrid "Blue Rocks." It's Hoover's for you.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

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(Maybe they were just covering their bases?)
Blue Rocks are an actual breed, too, as far as I know (they are rare), so who knows, but it's kind of misleading they are even calling a hatchery hybrid "Blue Rocks." It's Hoover's for you.

Blue Plymouth Rocks essentially unheard of rare. They wouldn’t be coming out of a hatchery

 

[Jener8or]

Blue Plymouth Rocks essentially unheard of rare. They wouldn’t be coming out of a hatchery

Right, that's why I said they were rare. I didn't read the bin label, but was taking the description off of Hoover's website. Read the bin label later.

It's actually from Mt. Healthy, I see, not Hoover's.

 

[Jener8or]

It has the exact description of what a Blue Rock cross is on the bin and it says Andalusian. I would bet money that they’re using splash to ensure that the offspring are blue because I’ve never seen a black “blue sexlink.”

So not a "Blue Rock?"

 

[amd87]

So what do we think the black one is then? She looks just like and australorp.

 

[Jener8or]

Just curious, is the cockerel behind her in the 2nd picture from the same bin?