Picked up a free Roo today, it needed re-homing

[One Lucky Momma]

Actually, as black_cat brought up, our Dom has a rose comb. It does, however look like our Cochin roo’s comb.

 

[featherhead007]

Ya should put him in for rooster of the week thread!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

@U_Stormcrow what color are the legs?

Yellow.

 

[black_cat]

Yellow.

I was asking OP as (he?) has seen the bird in real life. The pic is blurry and I personally cannot tell if they're yellow or pink.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Most of the original owner's birds came from TSC - but she seemed confident he was a cross. Of course, he'd be a cross if he were a black sexlink, too. I will look closely at the legs tomorrow - they were quite pale, but I can't say with confidence whether it was pale yellow or pale peach.

 

[JadeFarms]

I don't doubt the expertise of this site's posters, you've not steered me wrong. I'll get a better photo in the next day or so, and check the leg color very closely. There is no feathering on them, that's clear. I would note however - and I know its not visible in that terrible photo - that his fluff and hocks are uniformly grey, there's no discernable barring at all - unlike any picture I can find of any Black Sex Link, Barred Rock, Marans (which, honestly, seems sort of expensive for a possible TSC bird), or the (eliminated by comb) Dominique.

of course, our TSC uses Hoovers, and judging from my other 30+ birds, Hoover's flocks do not have crisp clean colors or patterns.

But this thing looks like someone glued a BR top to some grey/blue bottom...

I have been seeing some wacky looking Barred rocks on the Breed/gender page that are coming from big hatcheries, especially birds from TSC which gets most of their birds from Hoover’s.

 

[black_cat]

I have been seeing some wacky looking Barred rocks on the Breed/gender page that are coming from big hatcheries, especially birds from TSC which gets most of their birds from Hoover’s.

@MarkJr has some-do yours have the non barred fluff butts?

 

[Gonzalezfam]

The husband spoke almost no English, and the wife didn't know much about chickens. She thought it might be a Cochin / Dominique cross?

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legs look pinkish pale in the pic, a lot of motion still pic would be better looks like a hatchery silver cuckoo marans or at least a cross, if the legs have a slight yellowish color it’s a cross of something barred with single comb

 

[MysteryChicken]

The husband spoke almost no English, and the wife didn't know much about chickens. She thought it might be a Cochin / Dominique cross?

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Looks like a regular barred Rock rooster to me.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

We can't get another picture or two. He keeps posturing and trying to dance around the girls so maybe I can get a good breast picture. Okay. Not a good breast picture oh, but you see all the white on his hocks and how poor the barring is.