Buff Orp - Rhode Island Red - Intgton or something else?

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! I hatched a group of eggs that were Buff Orpingtons and Rhode Island Reds and got this unusually colored cockerel.
I thought at first he might be a BO x RIR cross, but not being familiar with either breed, I thought I'd ask

I think he's much prettier than the BO's or RIR's

Thanks,
Lisa

 

[Promiselandfarm]

he looks like a sex-link ... what color was he when he was hatched?

 

[HaileyandJoliesMom]

He looks like my Roo Johnny, who is a RIR/ leghorn mix

 

[ella]

He's gorgeous! Love the color!

My Orp/RIR crosses were always solid orange with some black on the tail, but with a cross you never know. He looks really light and leggy to be half Orp though, I'd expect him to be heavier. He's so handsome you'd think he was a red sexlink if you didn't know the genetics of it.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi!
I bought the eggs to hatch for someone else (that never came to pick them up) and can't remember what they looked like as chicks.
I finally remembered who the eggs came from and the seller said he might be from a RIR hen that got in with a Leghorn roo. That would explain why he looks so much like Johnny

Lisa