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He is Buff barred and demonstrates it very well, too clean of a barred pattern to be split.
then How is he producing Black hens?.. or did you mean Black Barred?
Wow, we will dig even deeper then,
If, the Buff Barred male is heterozygous for barring B/B and the Female Black Barred is heterozygous for barring B/B and both are extended black in base then all the offspring from that mating will be black barred in appearence with the potential for some gold leakage in hackle of both sexes, saddle and wing bow of males.
If:
the Buff Barred male is Homozygous for barring B/b and the Female Black Barred is heterozygous for barring B/B and both are extended black in base then all the Male offspring from that mating will be black barred in appearence with the potential for some gold leakage in hackle, saddle and wing bow. The Females can be Black or Black or Black Barred in appearance.
If:
the Buff Barred male is heterozygous for barring B/B and the Female Black Barred is homozygous for barring B/b and both are extended black in base then all the Male offspring from that mating will be black barred in appearence with the potential for some gold leakage in hackle, saddle and wing bow. The Females can be Black or Black or Black Barred in appearance.
Either way using the Black barred hen is still the route to go in the long term as the Buff hen will introduce a great deal of other colors and problems in the BC1 and later generations.
