Ohhh yeahhh I looked more closely and see the color difference. Both nice birds and I am jealous of the barred OE. There are some in the So Cal area but I have not been able to obtain any yet. But that is due to limited space. Barred OE flock could be kept in their own area to breed true. And if that is the case they can be sexed at birth as all barred birds. But this is a project that needs more than I have.The close up pic is a different rooster from the rooster in the first two pics.