Redcap?

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Here's one for the experts. What breed is this rooster - or what breed is he most like?

 

[Veer67]

How did he look like as a chick? Did he look like this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/295800/redcaps/30

 

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Chipmunk, but darker than those. The comb was prominent on day 1.

 

[Veer67]

I read your other posts about Lucky, that's the same chicken as the one you posted on this thread right? Because if he is you said that he was a silkie and Welsummer mix.

 

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Dang. You read too much! lol

I was hoping to get some discussion on the Redcap theory because he appears to have a great deal of the coloration and comb - which I find interesting. The geneticists among us might tell us why, but I've recently seen 4 or 5 pictures of Redcaps that are dead ringers for Lucky - above the knees anyway...

I was planning on testing my local fair judges by entering him as a Redcap to see what they think. Fairs are certainly not like true exhibition and Redcaps points are judged 45% weighted to the comb from what I understand. If coloration, weight, and structure were within Redcap specs, I'm wondering if they'd catch the toes and disqualify.

 

[Veer67]

Dang. You read too much! lol

I was hoping to get some discussion on the Redcap theory because he appears to have a great deal of the coloration and comb - which I find interesting. The geneticists among us might tell us why, but I've recently seen 4 or 5 pictures of Redcaps that are dead ringers for Lucky - above the knees anyway...

I was planning on testing my local fair judges by entering him as a Redcap to see what they think. Fairs are certainly not like true exhibition and Redcaps points are judged 45% weighted to the comb from what I understand. If coloration, weight, and structure were within Redcap specs, I'm wondering if they'd catch the toes and disqualify.

Well I'm a good searcher lol.

I don't know much about chicken genetics but from the pictures I have noticed that a redcap's comb is a modified rosecomb, I've also noticed that some Dominiques have them too.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry//CGD/Doms/BRKDoms.html
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Redcap/BRKRedcap.html

 

[ClucksAndPeeps]

Looks like a red cap mix