Told it's a Dominique, but it's black with irridescent feathers

[Cottagehand]

She is a bluish irridescent colored hen that also has a red V on her neck like a shirt neckline would be. Any ideas?

 

[SJ]

My guess would be a mongrel for lack of a better term. The comb is wrong for common black chickens like australorps or jersey giants. The red neckline may indicate a black sexlink cross. A reddish(???) roo crossed a Dominique hen and wholla. If she has Dominique blood in her it does explain her comb.

 

[SJ]

Oh your new!!! WELCOME....to BYC.

 

[Toddrick]

Well, definitely not a pure Dominique since...no bars. It might be a Black Sex Link, whose mother was a Dominique.

 

[Cottagehand]

Thank you, and yes BRAND NEW TO THIS FORUM AND TO CHICKEMS. I HAVE 3 RIR, 2 Plymouth rocks and 2 of these misc black hens with rose combs.

 

[Cottagehand]

Going to go read up on what a sex link is now. Thank you

 

[SJ]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

 

[Toddrick]

Going to go read up on what a sex link is now. Thank you

Simply put, a BSL pullet is black with some red around the neck, whose mother is a barred breed, and father is a red breed.

The male BSL's will get the barring gene, but not the females. So the barring is a "sex linked" gene.