Do barred cochins have barred rock gene?

[Studio2770]

Our cochin is around 7 months old and is laying an egg almost everyday. She's barred so I'm wondering if this color of cochin has barred rock in her.

 

[donrae]

She shouldn't have any Rock in her, Rocks and Cochins are pretty different birds so I don't see mixing them together. Rocks are the most common barred breed, but there are others that are barred or cuckoo.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

For the most part, the colour of a chicken has nothing to do with its breed. Most chickens come in many colours/patterns (properly called varieties),and most varieties are present in a number of breeds.

 

[Studio2770]

Hmmm ok. I was wondering because she's quite a good layer for a cochin. She started laying on Christmas Eve so she's relatively a young layer.

 

[donrae]

I hear ya on that--I've heard how cochins aren't good layers, but my bantam girls have been my more dependable layers, esp during the winter!

Then again, if she's a new layer, being a cochin, she may lay good for a month or two and go broody........