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dan26552 said:
Rememberthis fella? The one with the headspot.
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Well, two weeks later he looks like this. He has barring. Any ideas where that would’ve one from?
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dan26552 said:
Roosters. Brown Leghorn, Black Australorp or BLRW. Hens, RIR, SLW, Black Australorp, white rock, Black sexlink, EE, speckled Sussex or brown Leghorn. (I think that’s everyone) came from a brown egg so that rules out BL mom.
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The white rock. She has barring that you can't see - can't see white barring on a white feather. Barring is often added to white breeds with yellow legs, because barring is a dermal melanin inhibitor, so it makes the yellow brighter. And you can't see the barring so it doesn't matter that it's there - until you cross it to a bird that's not white. My white leghorn hen carried barring for this reason; at some point barring was added to brighten the legs.

And this rooster of mine is barred too, but you can't see it because of the white feathers:

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But you can see it a little in his tail if you look closely.

That would also mean your chick is a black sex link - it's a cockerel.
 

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