Rooster Breed

[Wardbrook]

Any guesses at what this guy might be? He is about 2 years old I can’t remember what batch of chicks he came with so I have no idea what breed he might be. He is friendly and docile. Well maybe not friendly, I don’t handle any of my flock enough for them to act like pets but he is certainly not aggressive like many other roosters I have had in the past. He is quite large and impressive.
I do have a couple barred rocks which he looks somewhat like, but he has so much brown in his neck and his chest really isn’t barred and his tail seems wrong. So…any guesses?

 

[Yardmom]

I think that looks like single barring on a male. That would indicate mixed breeding. If you purchased him probably some type of black sex link.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Any guesses at what this guy might be? He is about 2 years old I can’t remember what batch of chicks he came with so I have no idea what breed he might be. He is friendly and docile. Well maybe not friendly, I don’t handle any of my flock enough for them to act like pets but he is certainly not aggressive like many other roosters I have had in the past. He is quite large and impressive.
I do have a couple barred rocks which he looks somewhat like, but he has so much brown in his neck and his chest really isn’t barred and his tail seems wrong. So…any guesses?

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He's a mixed breed.

 

[Wardbrook]

Oh I do think I got some black sex links around the time I got him. That’s a good call. I can’t imagine I bought straight run sex links, but maybe he snuck by with undersized or non standard markings.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oh I do think I got some black sex links around the time I got him. That’s a good call. I can’t imagine I bought straight run sex links, but maybe he snuck by with undersized or non standard markings.

Sometimes feed stores do get in straight run sexlinks, & mislabel them as pullets cuz for some reason occasionally the boxes aren't labeled, or labeled correctly.

 

[debid]

It's pretty common for them to get straight run sexlinks and label them with their branded name rather than using the generic terms. Black Star, Majestic Marans, Golden Comet, Cinnamon Queen... Then, people who know will choose the females. I've walked through and thought the bin was barred Rocks but the sign said Black Star straight run. There wasn't a single female chick left in there.