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

[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?

 

[MarkJr]

Mine are just weird. 4 typical rocks, 4 very light breasted to dark butted ‘rock like’ birds.

 

[MarkJr]

See what I mean?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Thank you for that. I think this new bird of mine has much more grey to the fluff than even those examples - but yes, that does have coloration "qualities" i am coming to associate with Hoover.

 

[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

 

[U_Stormcrow]

More pictures, if he will hold still. Legs are yellow, pale yellow.

 

[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.

 

[MysteryChicken]

More pictures, if he will hold still. Legs are yellow, pale yellow.View attachment 2383962

He actually looks like he has a little blue undertone. So he maybe a Blue Plymouth Barred Rock.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I think that single combs are recessive? Did some quick googling and I think that you need to cross two singles to get a single. @MysteryChicken is better at this than me.

Yes, Single combs are recessive. They need two copies to show, unlike other comb types that are dominant, & can show up with, one, or two copies.