Barred rock cross with Easter Egger

[Lark60]

Well it has been 2 months and I have been able to ascertain the gender of 9 out of ten chicks but this one is harder to tell since the markers are mixed. The chick is single barred (black with white stripe) and has yellow legs/feet with a black wash along the front. These point to pullet. But the barring is uneven across the body and it has a prominent 3 rowed pea comb. These say cockerel. Here are some pictures of the bird in question (banded lime green). So far I have 5 cockerels and 4 pullets. I hope Green is a pullet so I only have to cull 5 cockerels from my little flock.

 

[Roo5]

Going with male

 

[Roo5]

Fir me it’s the comb and relatively huge thick legs and feet.

 

[cstephens1987]

View attachment 1865722 View attachment 1865724 View attachment 1865725 View attachment 1865723 Well it has been 2 months and I have been able to ascertain the gender of 9 out of ten chicks but this one is harder to tell since the markers are mixed. The chick is single barred (black with white stripe) and has yellow legs/feet with a black wash along the front. These point to pullet. But the barring is uneven across the body and it has a prominent 3 rowed pea comb. These say cockerel. Here are some pictures of the bird in question (banded lime green). So far I have 5 cockerels and 4 pullets. I hope Green is a pullet so I only have to cull 5 cockerels from my little flock.

I'm going to assume it was a non-barred EE or Ameraucana roo over a barred rock hen. The reason it's single barred is because the hen can only pass her barring onto cockerels which will only get a single copy of the barring gene as their father wasn't barred. So what you have is an EE sex link cockerel

 

[chrissynemetz]

I have to say I'm leaning more towards cockerel at the moment.

 

[Roo5]

Now I’m curious if I were to cross an EE rooster to let’s say a Brahma would I get a light Brahma looking cockerel but it have a beard?Ive seen so many Ee mixes and am just curious about how these genes and genetics work.

I'm going to assume it was a non-barred EE or Ameraucana roo over a barred rock hen. The reason it's single barred is because the hen can only pass her barring onto cockerels which will only get a single copy of the barring gene as their father wasn't barred. So what you have is an EE sex link cockerel

 

[cstephens1987]

Now I’m curious if I were to cross an EE rooster to let’s say a Brahma would I get a light Brahma looking cockerel but it have a beard?Ive seen so many Ee mixes and am just curious about how these genes and genetics work.

I'm new to the genetics side but I believe the Columbian pattern makes things a bit tricky. I do believe that's used in making sex links though, so perhaps a buff Ameraucana roo over a light Brahma would produce a gold sex link style bird with features your looking for in the cockerel. It would basically look like a brassy light Brahma cockerel because of the leakage if I'm not mistaken. Not sure about the beard inheritance in all that but that would be cool.

 

[Lark60]

The parents are:
Rooster is Barred rock. Hen is a red colored EE

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

How old is the bird in question now?

 

[cstephens1987]

The parents are:
Rooster is Barred rock. Hen is a red colored EE

Okay well the same still applies in that it is darker because it only has a single copy of the barring gene, it's just not a sex link. Still male though based on comb.