Opal legbar rooster?

[Valamach]

I got two freebie roosters from Meyer hatchery earlier this year. One is a rhode island red and the other is a mystery. His coloring looks a lot like their opal legbars, but they only sell hens of that breed. What do you all think?

 

[ChickenChick46]

Do they sell male cream Legbars? Maybe he's one of those. He is gorgeous!

 

[GravityWaves]

I got two freebie roosters from Meyer hatchery earlier this year. One is a rhode island red and the other is a mystery. His coloring looks a lot like their opal legbars, but they only sell hens of that breed. What do you all think?

Yes, that does appear to be an Opal Legbar cockerel.

 

[SnackMeat]

Pearl legbar?

https://thepasturefarms.com/product/pearl-legbar/

 

[GravityWaves]

Pearl legbar?

https://thepasturefarms.com/product/pearl-legbar/

Pearl/Opal Legbar are the same thing. This farm is just calling them Pearl instead of Opal.

 

[Slothinc]

Handsome! My vote is opal legbar!

 

[Valamach]

Awesome, thanks for the confirmation! Might be some neat genetics if I keep him for breeding. If only he was nicer to the hens... He'd have been dinner already if he wasn't so pretty.

 

[SnackMeat]

Pearl/Opal Legbar are the same thing. This farm is just calling them Pearl instead of Opal.

Ah. Gotcha. I thought it had to do with them being lavender but looks like opal legbar is also lavender.

 

[ColoradoChicken89]

wait... they have some breeds they don't sell roosters of?! How does that work? Do they keep all the roosters, do they sex them, do they just not produce males? Do they have sex traits to identify them more accurately young? ... I feel this just made me have so many questions!

To me it looks like an opal legbar... so IDK how, but that is my guess.

 

[Slothinc]

wait... they have some breeds they don't sell roosters of?! How does that work? Do they keep all the roosters, do they sex them, do they just not produce males? Do they have sex traits to identify them more accurately young? ... I feel this just made me have so many questions!

To me it looks like an opal legbar... so IDK how, but that is my guess.

Cream legbars are sexable at hatch so I assume that opal legbars are as well. In cream legbars the males are much lighter because they are double barred. Even though opals are lighter, the difference is probably visible as chicks (never seen them as little chicks so I am guessing.)

It is strange that they don’t sell opal roos though. I have heard that opal pullets are one of their more expensive chicks, maybe they don’t want to be selling males because then there will be lots more breeders and they won’t be as rare or unique anymore? No idea I am probably way off!