This is 5 month old "camo". His mom is a black frizzle cochin bantam, his dad is a birchen cochin bantam. I've never seen this color pattern. . what on earth is it called?
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If it's a mix between two varieties, it isn't an official variety and doesn't have a name.
Not necessarily, you could get Columbians as well. I get some every year from my Birchen Orpingtons over Black Orpington hens. Its a throwback from past generations. Columbians are needed to be crossed into Birchens from time to time to stabilize the pattern.you get black or birchen chicks from breeding those two varieties.