Barred Rock / Dominiques Controversy (Rant)

[MaggieRae]

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I don't know much about Ameraucanas and Araucanas (one of these two is rumpless) , but I know about Easter Eggers. They originate from the two mentioned birds and are mixed with other breeds. They are basically the 'mutts' of the chicken world. They tend to lay blue-green or green eggs, but there's nothing stopping them from laying colors ranging from ivory to pink to brown. Just depends on how lucky you are. Usually easter eggers will have a pea comb, quite unlike a single comb, which is the large 5 point comb most people know.
Just some simple facts.

And here's a pic of a 18 week old easter egger hen.

And another at 7 weeks-

ETA- Here's a link that basically restates the above with some more details. I like MPC because they don't mislead chicken buyers like most other hatcheries do.
MPC page

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I think it may be a regional thing (calling barred birds dominiques/domineckers); around here it seems that anything that has barring (including cuckoo barring) gets called bard rock (except for exhibition folks who actually know).

I don't see the cuckoo as mottling (

) but as fuzzy. I like to describe cuckoo as looking like the lines were drawn freehand with a crayon versus barred as having been drawn using a straight edge and a marker.

 

[Chris09]

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I agree.
Cuckoo: A term applied to the coarse and irregular type of barring found in Dominiques and Barred Hollands.

Mottled: Plumage in which a variable percentage of the feathers are tipped with whites as in Anconas, Houdans and Javas.

Chris

 

[MandyH]

Here is one of my roos, his comb looks rough right now as he and the other roo had a little dispute LOL.

 

[easttxchick]

I really like to mess with people's heads-I have Barred Rocks AND Dominiques.

 

[catdaddyfro]

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Yeah, mee too, I also have both and the rednecks here in La. call both breeds Dommers, there's ya'll a new one to add to the list. I really don't care what people call them, I know what they are and I'll tell them what they are if it doesn't sink in or they are just to bull headed to accept it then I just let them show their own ignorence.

catdaddy

 

[Goose and Fig]

OK- how do you tell the difference between a black sex-link roo and a barred rock roo?
Not that I WANT either, but I had 3 BSL roos, and they were gorgeous with yellow legs, straight combs, and really nice barring.

(broody-raised nasty little buggers!)

 

[speckledhen]

Don't even get me started on this one. My hackles go up when someone calls my precious BRs "Domineckers". Even more so when a feedstore puts that moniker on a brooder full of BR chicks.

I think Doms are awesome, but I don't have any.

 

[tadkerson]

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Black sex linked males will have traces of red in their hackles. It may not be very much because the barring gene will dilute the red. The birds must be in their adult plumage for the red/buff to show. Black sex linked males can also have darker leg color (not a bright yellow) and the barring will be narrower than that found in male rocks. The black sex link male should have an overall darker appearance than a male rock .

If a person had the two side by side and checked for the effects of one barring gene ( black sex linked) verses two barring genes (rock) they could see the difference. If you do not have them side by side, it may be difficult for the person who does not raise rocks to see the difference.

Tim

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The WHITE bars will be narrower. Barring is actually white bars (stripes) on a black bird; a lot of folks look at the barred birds and think of it as a white bird with black stripes, and from that perspective it would seem that the stripes are wider.