Craigslist rooster - how can I replicate this color?

[Lepomis]

I saw this rooster on Craigslist and love his color. I realize it isn't official/SQ or anything like that, but I like it.

What color(s) is this? I've been playing around with the chicken color calculator and the closest I've come is Buff Cuckoo. I'm not sure if the red in the wings is 'correct'. The image on the color calculator is close, but when I google buff cuckoo, the roosters I'm seeing are much lighter and not as gold/red.

How would I recreate this color myself?

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Try Rhode Island Red, and Cuckoo or Barred Rock. Both have barring gene and Rhode Islands get nice and red

 

[The Moonshiner]

Looks like a new Hampshire with barring.
More than one way to recreate it.
Breed new Hampshire rooster to barred rock hen.
That will produce sex linked chicks. Males will have barring and females won't.
Breed one of those cockerels back to new Hampshire hens. That will produce a few different patterned chicks but there should be some males with the look you want if you hatch enough.
That's just one way.
Are you looking to just make one or something that will breed true to that look?

 

[Lepomis]

Thanks. How do I add the New Hampshire color back once I've added the barring/cuckoo? Looks like the first generation would be black barred/cuckoo regardless of hen/rooster color.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Added to my above post

 

[Lepomis]

I just like the look of him, that's all. The color doesn't need to breed true, but I assume he would pass one copy of the barred/cuckoo gene to any offspring, regardless of color?

 

[The Moonshiner]

With the F2 cockerels they will have that look but only be carrying one barring gene so he would pass barring to half of the offspring he produces.
To breed true pick F2 pullets that match him. Breed those and you will produce single and double gene barred cockerels. Those double gene cockerels will breed true with the barred pullets from the F2 and F3 generations.

 

[Lepomis]

Excellent, thanks!

I appreciate the help.

 

[nicalandia]

Looks like a new Hampshire with barring.
More than one way to recreate it.
Breed new Hampshire rooster to barred rock hen.
That will produce sex linked chicks. Males will have barring and females won't.
Breed one of those cockerels back to new Hampshire hens. That will produce a few different patterned chicks but there should be some males with the look you want if you hatch enough.
That's just one way.
Are you looking to just make one or something that will breed true to that look?

That's the Long way to do it...

The image on the color calculator is close, but when I google buff cuckoo, the roosters I'm seeing are much lighter and not as gold/red.

How would I recreate this color myself?

The reason the color is different is because the rooster has only one copy of the sex linked barring gene, two copies will dilute the color on roosters alot, The best way would be to use a buff barred/cuckoo rooster mated to a regular buff hen, that will give you Single barred buff males or you can get yourself a Single Barring Rhodebard rooster from the few Rhodebar projects outthere..

Here is a Single Barred Rhodebar Male

Or get yourself a few Rhodebar chicks from GFF and breed them to Buff Orps or RIR

 

[The Moonshiner]

That's the Long way to do it...



The reason the color is different is because the rooster has only one copy of the sex linked barring gene, two copies will dilute the color on roosters alot, The best way would be to use a buff barred/cuckoo rooster mated to a regular buff hen, that will give you Single barred buff males or you can get yourself a Single Barring Rhodebard rooster from the few Rhodebar projects outthere..

Here is a Single Barred Rhodebar Male

Or get yourself a few Rhodebar chicks from GFF and breed them to Buff Orps or RIR

None of these options is going to give a bird as pictured which is what the OP wants.
They stated buff barred/cuckoo doesn't have the look as they're to light without gold/red.
Rhodebars are the opposite, too dark. Same with RIR.
I believe new Hampshire is best choice to match what they're looking for.
I don't see a shorter route then two generations from scratch.
Agree bird in pic is single gene barred which is why I asked if he wanted one that would breed true. Second cross will give them the single barred gene but not breed true.
Double barred will breed to but agree it would lighten bird to a degree that is not exactly what they're looking for.