Do you have a picture of a BR crossed with a NH Red or RIR?

[PunkinPeep]

We're thinking about having Buff Orps, Barred Rocks and New Hampshire Reds but having only one rooster.

So as we're discussing which breed rooster to have, we're wondering what a barred rock x new hampshire red would look like.

Any pics?

 

[speckledhen]

Which is the rooster? Makes a big diff, really. NH roo over BR hen= black sexlink. BR roo over NH hen will give a barred chicken, with probably red leaking in the hackles. BR roos pass barring to all chicks to some degree.

 

[PunkinPeep]

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I would love to see pics of both, but we would probably have the Barred Rock be the roo.

 

[speckledhen]

Hmm, I dont have the ones from my BR over RIR hens, which would be quite similar to the BR over NH hens. I'm sure someone does have pics to post for you, though! Cuban Longtails had some she hatched from me (BR x Buff Orp) and she had an interesting result....one pullet was silvery looking and barred and one was gold looking with barring. Very interesting!

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Wouldn't that make a sort of 'crele' colored bird?

ETA: I meant the BR over RIR or NHR

 

[deerman]

Just hatch 11 chicks from BR rooster over a buckeye hen. all chicks black some with white spot on the head.

 

[speckledhen]

Shelley, yes they'd have a crele look, though not a true crele. They were actually beautiful birds, too.

 

[speckledhen]

In the following thread, there is a pic of a cockerel that is BR over Buff Orpington, the son of my late, great Hawkeye. Cuban Longtails posted it ages ago and I always thought he was so handsome. It would probably be similar with a NH hen, too.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=162761 Look at post #6 in there.

 

[PunkinPeep]

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wow! he's interesting! and very unusual looking.