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If you take away the crest and white earlobes, yes. Though I also haven’t heard of any laying blue/green eggs.Look what I just found on Hoovers website. Don't these look very similar to the weird BRs?
https://hoovershatchery.com/easteregger.html
Hatchery barred rocks are completely different than heritage/show quality barred rocks. However, hatchery BRs still aren’t mutts, and they all have the same pattern. Black with barring is rather hard to mess up.I thought it was common knowledge that barred rocks sold by hatcheries directly aren't real barred rocks, as well as a slew of other easy to replicate breeds. I once read a book on chickens that made special mention of barred rocks and how messed up their breed lineage is because of hatcheries.