Is this a Barred Rock or???

[pixiedouglas]

looks like a barred rock hen to me although i see what some people are saying about the smudging

still a pretty girl though!

 

[rsf31tmp]

Fred's Hens :

Smudged barring. That's pretty common with hatchery Rocks these days. Pity. I've got a couple myself.
Doesn't change the fact that they (and she pictured above) are absolutely darling.

but if it is pure, then it's parents were not smudged?​

 

[rsf31tmp]

all 6 chicks that hatched looked the same and the smudging was why I asked?

 

[mercedes]

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Looks like my production blacks.Is there any black on the front of her legs?

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I think Happy Chooks comment is based on the extreme smudging of the barring. The barring is poor even for a hatchery quality bird which would lead one to believe that the bird is a barred cross. She's still very pretty.

Yes, because of the smudged barring.

This is my hatchery BR:

And when she was younger:

 

[rsf31tmp]

her legs are yellowish with black lines down the front

she and two sisters and three brothers I had all look exactly the same....other than some very tall combs and wattles on the boys.

 

[sunnyvera]

This hen looks just like my two supposedly cuckoo marans. They have rose combs and one started laying tan pullet eggs. What do you expect for a hatchery bird? Probably a cross. I love her dealy anyway, very sweet.

 

[rsf31tmp]

could my birds be fathered by my barred rock roo and mothered by a black sex-link that was part barred rock?

Could I have a 75% barred rock?

Do they use barred rocks in black sex-links? as the male or female?

My buddy raises cows and he crosses hereford and angus....well he just had a baldy give birth to what looks like a black and white hereford....75% hereford and 25% angus.

He says if he breeds here back to a herefors, he will get a hereford