barred rock rooster/black star hen

[kidarcy]

has any one hatched eggs with a barred rock rooster with blackstar hen? what did offspring look like?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Sure. The results are very much a BR offspring. The barring may be a bit smudged, and sometimes the head/neck barring is a bit white, but very much BR looking, The Black Sex Link is 1/2 BR to start with, so this is breeding back, in a way. We've done this many, many times. We like the outcome. The "normal" pullets are dark/cockerels are light "rule" won't be quite as accurate either, so don't jump the gun on sexing at too soon an age. At 6 weeks, the cockerels will sprout wattles and combs and give themselves away. Just be sure your rooster is truly Barred Rock and not a BSL rooster.

 

[donrae]

I've done a few, with the same results. The rooster gives all his babies a barred gene, so they'll all have one copy. Like Fred said, the boys and girls will both be darker like a pure barred pullet, the males won't be lighter cause they wont' have two copies of the barring. And they're all built like rocks and lay like rocks.

 

[kidarcy]

thanks!

 

[mariejb21]

Hi! Just joined this conversation...a bit late, I know!

What would happen if you mixed a BSL Rooster with a BSL hen?? What would be the result?

Thanks!