Black Giant roo over RIR just wondering

[Rose_adamaj]

Looks like a cockerel to me.

Ok. I had assumed that, because he was my free chick from Murray McMurray hatchery. But dagnabit, I sure wish I could figure out the breed. I have searched their website and cannot find it.

 

[Iluveggers]

Ok. I had assumed that, because he was my free chick. But dagnabit, I sure wish I could figure out the breed. I have searched their website and cannot find it.

Who did you get him from again?

 

[Rose_adamaj]

Who did you get him from again?

Murray McMurray hatchery.

 

[LaurenRitz]

White earlobes? That would rather narrow it down. If it's an easter egger it could be any number of different hybrids.

 

[Iluveggers]

Murray McMurray hatchery.

I would guess he is a Whiting True Blue. I would say maybe “Americana”, but he doesn’t have the poofy cheeks. I think the Whitings can have any number of shaped combs and patterns. If he breeds with any brown layers, might get green eggs!

 

[NatJ]

Gene is in the intermediate small coop. I can’t see all the interactions because of tarp to protect them from the north wind. What I do see, it appears that Gene is top of the pecking order.
I am wondering if he is a she. I cannot figure out the breed, but one more molt in one month for adult feathers. Thank you for explaining the ages of youngsters molts!
@NatJ @LaurenRitz Do you guys have any idea what breed Gene is? Should I be changing the name to Jean?
Yep. I waited until they were all on their roosts, brought Gene in the house to get a couple pictures. Poor confused little guy or girl.

I think I see skinny saddle feathers, growing on the back in front of the tail and hanging down to the sides. (The pattern of colors in the feathers makes it a bit harder for me to be sure.) If he does have male saddle feathers, then he must be a male.

I would guess he is a Whiting True Blue.

That would be my guess as well.

I don't think he is right for any of the pure breeds I can remember McMurray having, and among the colored-egg types I think he looks more like the Whiting True Blues than like any of the others.

 

[Rose_adamaj]

I would guess he is a Whiting True Blue. I would say maybe “Americana”, but he doesn’t have the poofy cheeks. I think the Whitings can have any number of shaped combs and patterns. If he breeds with any brown layers, might get green eggs!

Thank you so much! I looked up the Ameraucana also, saw the same thing about poofy cheeks. Wouldn’t that be something if he is a Whiting True Blue. I do have brown egg layers, that would be fun to see if offspring lay green eggs. Thank you again.

 

[LaurenRitz]

I can't tell what kind of comb he has, but looks like a horn beak? If he truly has white earlobes his father is likely a Mediterranean breed.

 

[NatJ]

I can't tell what kind of comb he has, but looks like a horn beak? If he truly has white earlobes his father is likely a Mediterranean breed.

For the mystery cockerel, I've seen some "pea" combs that looked like that (especially from some mixes of pea comb breeds with single-comb breeds.) It does not have the usual skinny points on top that I would expect on a single comb.

So I'm considering it as a probably-pea comb, at least for now.

And McMurray's Whiting True Blues have a lot of Leghorn in their ancestry, which could account for white earlobes (or mixed-color earlobes, since McMurray is probably not selecting for any specific earlobe color in them.)

 

[Rose_adamaj]

For the mystery cockerel, I've seen some "pea" combs that looked like that (especially from some mixes of pea comb breeds with single-comb breeds.) It does not have the usual skinny points on top that I would expect on a single comb.

So I'm considering it as a probably-pea comb, at least for now.

And McMurray's Whiting True Blues have a lot of Leghorn in their ancestry, which could account for white earlobes (or mixed-color earlobes, since McMurray is probably not selecting for any specific earlobe color in them.)

I think it is a pea comb. I’m not familiar with all the types of combs, but what I looked up shows his as a pea comb.
I hadn’t noticed his earlobes. I obviously have never tried to identify a specific breed before