barred easter egger?

[Terri O]

Dont let this thread die! I am just getting interested! T in WI

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I know! I love this thread! Keep're go'in!

 

[steward]

Hope you guys are still interested and I don't kill the thread. I've got a question. Hatched some eggs this spring I got from a member here. They were brown eggs from barred rock hens crossed with black amer. roo. Also hatched pure black, and blue amer. eggs. Four of the brown eggs hatched, two of those are barred roos, I'm sure. They are all about 14 weeks old. I have 3 black chickens and 2 of those seem to be roos also. The third one is smaller and has a very small comb. These 3 all seem to have the same color legs. From what I've read on here after much research 2 of these should be pullets from the brown eggs. They all seem to have pea combs but the barred roos have a middle row that is taller than the sides. The 2 black roos that I thought should be pullets have larger combs than the third black one who does seem to be a pullet. All of this is based on my perception of feather shape and comb shape and color. The barred roos crow, I have not heard the black ones. Their blue amer. hatch mate brothers, (at least one)are crowing also. Does this make sense? Finally, I'm looking to sell at least one barred roo. I'm near the st. louis metro area in Il. thanks P.S. Still working on figuring out the picture thing.

 

[QuailHollow]

I'm going to bring this back out of the archives, because I have a pullet - who survived the summer heat - that is pretty close to what I wanted originally. I scrapped the entire first line I worked with, and bred back to a slow-feathering large SQ Barred Rock rooster. I will have to share my results, because I was really pleased. Anyone else having much success?

 

[QuailHollow]

Ok, here are those pictures - so not a HEN after all, but a hen-barred rooster:

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Very pretty! Does hen-barred mean he is Bb, not BB?
I'm waiting for my barred and blue barred green-egger girls to start laying again. And I've got some nice young girls that should be laying soon. The egg color on these new girls should be better.
Finally (after hatching a gajillion eggs from this pen ) have 2 nice BB barred boys to work with.

Lisa

 

[QuailHollow]

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Yeah, he is Bb, but has the slow feathering gene. We hatched out 400 chicks last year, and he was the only one we got like this. I will hatch some chicks out of him to an Ameraucana hen this year, and breed his daughters back to him.

ETA: He should be double-barred like his father - here:

 

[speckledhen]

All of my BR/Ameraucana crosses yield dark roosters. Some have yellow legs and some have slate/white legs. I think the color is because they get a barring gene from only one parent so are hen-barred? At least, I guess that's why. I'm not genetics guru--gene designations confound me.

 

[Illia]

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Whoa, did you use Heritage Rocks? Very nice!!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Ohhh, he's lovely! No barring like that here.

Lisa

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Yeah, he is Bb, but has the slow feathering gene. We hatched out 400 chicks last year, and he was the only one we got like this. I will hatch some chicks out of him to an Ameraucana hen this year, and breed his daughters back to him.

ETA: He should be double-barred like his father - here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/13020_dscf5903.jpg