Does anybody know what breed of chicken this is?

[oliviaandjosh4]

Thank you for all of your responses! I will take pic of it standing & post as soon as I can.

 

[popsicle]

Does it look like the ears are white-ish to anybody else?

 

[oliviaandjosh4]

 

[devo52]

definately barred rock I have 12 of them and all of mine look just like that

 

[aoxa]

its a cockerel breed looks like it might be a mix with a barred parent possible black sex link. can you get a pic of it standing

Thank you. Someone that knows.. I so wish people would see this more often.. That is only ONE copy of the barring gene, and it's a boy - therefore it is not a Barred Plymouth Rock.

If you use a barred male of any breed, any offspring will be barred. If you use a barred hen with other roosters who are not barred, only the sons will be barred.

This could even be a Cuckoo Marans cross.

Either way, it is not a Barred Plymouth Rock.

Sorry guys..


This is a Barred Plymouth Rock.

 

[aoxa]

Here is a Barred Rock cross I had last year. Mean as sin this one. He only had one copy of the barring gene.

 

[popsicle]

Thank you. Someone that knows.. I so wish people would see this more often.. That is only ONE copy of the barring gene, and it's a boy - therefore it is not a Barred Plymouth Rock.

If you use a barred male of any breed, any offspring will be barred. If you use a barred hen with other roosters who are not barred, only the sons will be barred.

This could even be a Cuckoo Marans cross.

Either way, it is not a Barred Plymouth Rock.

Sorry guys..


This is a Barred Plymouth Rock.

In most cases you are correct. However, in the UK aren't the SQ Barred Rock cocks supposed to have one barring gene? Is it a DQ here in the states for the cock to have one barring gene, or is it that we don't bother with the excess of the black pullets?

Regardless, it looks to me like they have white ears, or am I crazy?

 

[aoxa]

In most cases you are correct. However, in the UK aren't the SQ Barred Rock cocks supposed to have one barring gene? Is it a DQ here in the states for the cock to have one barring gene, or is it that we don't bother with the excess of the black pullets?

Regardless, it looks to me like they have white ears, or am I crazy?

I do not know about other countries. Just North America. Barred Rocks originated in the USA, so they should adhere to the American Standard of Perfection worldwide IMO.

No they do not have white earlobes. Just the light



You can see better here.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Looks like a barred rock.

 

[popsicle]

I was talking about the OPs birds in question, not your birds. I don't have the biggest screen for seeing the images better.

Anyhow, my brief research attempts lead me to believe that the SOP describes the cock and hen colors the same and references double mating:
From http://archive.org/stream/plymouthrockstan00amerrich/plymouthrockstan00amerrich_djvu.txt

Double matings are necessary to produce standard colored
specimens of both sexes because in any mating, be it according
to the single or double mating systems, the males will come
several shades lighter than the females, while the Standard, by
describing the color of both male and female in exactly the same
words, calls for the different sexes to match in the showroom. To
accomplish this task very dark matings are used to keep the males
dark enough to match the females, and comparatively light
matings to produce females light enough to match the males.

ETA: I don't think it counts as double mating, but according to this (and how I've seen it described here on BYC), the UK does it like such :
Barred males and Barred females - beware the light male.
In the UK the male and female Barred Plymouth Rock must be the same colour, ie. Black and White barring with the black bar showing good 'beetle green sheen'. In many examples, however, the male is 'Light' like a Barred Wyandotte. This male should not be exhibited but may be used for breeding. Black females will also be bred from a mating of two exhibition males and can be used to maintain beetle green sheen.

Anyhow, my point is that unless it's known that the single-barred-gene male is in North America, it may be incorrect to assume it cannot possibly be a Barred Rock because of the darkness.