Barred Holland or Barred Rock?

[EggSighted4Life]

My stock came from Suzanne Holland and have white legs and lay white eggs.

Please tell me... Are these a bird that lays white eggs but has red ear lobes???

 

[rjohns39]

Please tell me... Are these a bird that lays white eggs but has red ear lobes???

Yes.

 

[ChocolateWingTheRooster]

I think he’s a barred Holland because my neighbors have a barred rock rooster... this one’s comb and tail feathers are completely different from him, so... yeah.

 

[2102Simm]

Looks like a coin toss to me. Were they a reputable breeder? Did you see other breeding stock?

I aquired Mr.Sparkles from a lady that had at least 3 hens and another roo that were all supposed to be Barred Holland and had exactlythe same coloring/markings. She was getting rid of him because he had a thing for her African goose and male duck to the point it was causing tensions in the rest of her flock. Since I don't have geese or ducks and no plans for any in the future he came home with us.

 

[2102Simm]

little scab on the bottom of the foot

My husband gave him a good once over and didn't see or feel anything with no noticeable change in gait once he was released. So maybe it was just the angle of the pic?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

What color eggs does it lay?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Thanks Shannon.

Unfortunately, I don't think you'll know for sure until you breed him with a BH hen and see what you get for eggs. There is conflicting information out there about the breed. The conservancy and other sites say they have yellow/orange legs, where as I'm told (too cheap to buy the SOP) the SOP calls for white legs. They were developed at Rutgers University and their birds have white legs. That said, many will cross them to bring out yellow/orange legs.

My stock came from Suzanne Holland and have white legs and lay white eggs.

Gooid point. Breed him with a white egg layer and a brown egg layer. Their pullet offspring will tell you. Or at least mate with a white layer. If the offspring lay anything but white eggs, it isn't a Holland.

Please tell me... Are these a bird that lays white eggs but has red ear lobes???

Yes.
There are many exceptions to the rule of white lobes/white eggs and red lobes/brown eggs.
There may be others but these are what I'm aware of.
Penedesencas and Empordanesas should have white lobes yet lay extremely dark eggs.
Blue egg layers have red lobes.
Appenzellers lay white eggs and have bluish lobes.
Silkies lay tinted eggs and have turquoise lobes.
Yokohamas lay a tinted egg and have white lobes
Redcaps lay white eggs and have red lobes - just like the Hollands.
Phoenix lay white to tinted eggs but with red lobes.
Naked necks lay a very light creamy egg yet have red lobes.
The, now thought to be extinct, breed of Lamona laid white eggs and had red lobes.
Fayoumis, tinted eggs, white lobes.
Crevecoeur and Dorking, white eggs, red lobes.
Sabelpoots, Japanese bantams, Nankins, Old English Games, Modern Games - white eggs, red lobes.
Sebrights and Sumatras lay white eggs and have purplish combs.
All Mediterranean breeds I'm aware of have white lobes and most lay white eggs except for the two Catalonian breeds mentioned.

 

[2102Simm]

Gooid point. Breed him with a white egg layer and a brown egg layer. Their pullet offspring will tell you. Or at least mate with a white layer. If the offspring lay anything but white eggs, it isn't a Holland.

Yes.
There are many exceptions to the rule of white lobes/white eggs and red lobes/brown eggs.
There may be others but these are what I'm aware of.
Penedesencas and Empordanesas should have white lobes yet lay extremely dark eggs.
Blue egg layers have red lobes.
Appenzellers lay white egg and have bluish lobes.
Silkies lay tinted eggs and have turquoise lobes.
Yokohamas lay a tinted egg and have white lobes
Redcaps lay white eggs and have red lobes - just like the Hollands.
Phoenix lay white to tinted eggs but with red lobes.
Naked necks lay a very light creamy egg yet red lobes.
The, now thought to be extinct, breed of Lamona laid white eggs and had red lobes.
Fayoumis, tinted eggs, white lobes.
Crevecoeur and Dorking, white eggs, red lobes.
Sabelpoots, Japanese bantams, Nankins, Old English Games, Modern Games - white eggs, red lobes.
Sebrights and Sumatras lay white eggs and have purplish combs.
All Mediterranean breeds I'm aware of have white lobes and most lay white eggs except for the two Catalonian breeds mentioned.

Wow that's a lot of awesome information. I honestly did not know any of that. It makes me want more chickens now lol and I can hear my husband calling me a crazy chicken lady. What happens if you were to cross him with a brown egg layer as unfortunately that's all I've got right now.