I know its a roo...but what breed?

[scbatz33]

YEAH!!!!!

but not a clue......

 

[DTchickens]

doesn't look to be a known breed, but he's pretty.. kind of looks like rock influence, which would be why he has barring.. and a buff color? So a cross.

ETA: Barred plymouth rock, is what i meant by "rock"

 

[freddy22]

i have never heard of that breed lol

 

[freddy22]

yea i think cross too....if i remember correctly....it was a buff orpington roo witha white leghorn hen? mean anything to anyone?

 

[DTchickens]

http://feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Rocks/BRKRocks.html Barred rocks link.. if you threw a buff color in with that you sorta have your rooster..

 

[freddy22]

thats the thing though....i dont know how the barred part of him is present if their was never any barred breeding? but i also dont know everything about breeding

 

[DTchickens]

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beats me.. im pretty sure that barred would only pop up if the parents had the gene though.. So that indicates crosses down the line if it was a buff orp-leghorn and came out with the body of a Plymouth rock..

 

[freddy22]

hmmm....i guess your right, so if i were to breed it to a leghorn lets say.....would any of those characteristics be fair game? barred? buff? leghorn?

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

I thought that color was crele?

 

[scbatz33]

these tow babies are related - same barred rock roo on these hens.....one is barred the other pure white but for 2 balck spots on each wing.....

I think it has to do with having two barred genes. If they each have on - though it doesn't show, the off spring can then be barred.