Odd colored chick...

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Fallen in love, with this peep.

Me too... I'm keeping it.


I also ended up keeping the other two "regular" looking barred rocks since I lost my hen.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Are all of your barred rocks pictured? I see two cockerels in one photo, one of which is darker and could be a barred rock mix. Also, the only hen I see in your pictures is actually a Dominique due to her rose comb.

The one you suspect as a mix, is Double Barred, just a Smudgy Cuckoo.

Hatchery quality Cuckoo Marans can be good examples.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Here's the chick now.

Its huge! Double the size of its hatchmates.

I call it tiny velociraptor

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Yes, they are the only possible parents. The other rooster has been separated since around late October or early November. I could check the exact date.


They came from an older lady at my church that has raised barred rocks for a while. It's possible I guess that she could've bought them as unpure. I did ask her and she's always gotten the regular looking chicks. She would have no reason to lie. She has no other breeds. I wasn't buying any chicks from her. I was helping her hatch out some eggs. These hatched later and I ended up keeping them.


I don't have the hen anymore unfortunately I lost her to a hawk on Sunday.

Hens can sometimes store sperm for longer than a month. Do you have a picture of the other rooster?

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Hens can sometimes store sperm for longer than a month. Do you have a picture of the other rooster?

This is the other rooster. It was included in the pictures on the first post.

 

[Jada22]

Not much helpful info here. Only that I had a similar chick. Breed unknown but I got a few barred chicks with him (all chicks were supposed to be purebred) here’s him as a teenager and an adult. Although he has gotten even more colourful I just don’t have a more recent pic! So maybe your chick will turn out somewhat similar to him

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Not much helpful info here. Only that I had a similar chick. Breed unknown but I got a few barred chicks with him (all chicks were supposed to be purebred) here’s him as a teenager and an adult. Although he has gotten even more colourful I just don’t have a more recent pic! So maybe your chick will turn out somewhat similar to him

He's gorgeous!

 

[I Love Feather Babies]

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It’s a cute little bugger all the same.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

It’s a cute little bugger all the same.

Thanks! I sure think so!

 

[StinkyAcres]

Here's the chick now.

Its huge! Double the size of its hatchmates.

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Looks like a cockerel to me! He's beautiful!