What breed am I?!

[MamaChicken02]

Brownie! Sweet bird! Loves my daughter!

 

[cherrynberry]

Do you have some to show pictures as adults?!

No actually. That chick I showed just hatched a few days ago. His mother is a new addition to my flock. This is my first year introducing barring and sexlinked barring. However, if you search up Black sexlink cockerels, you can see some examples of offspring that plays with sexlinked barring.

 

[cherrynberry]

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Brownie! Sweet bird! Loves my daughter!

Are you sure all are mutts? This one looks like a hatchery-quality RIR (Rhode Island Red).

 

[MamaChicken02]

Are you sure all are mutts? This one looks like a hatchery-quality RIR (Rhode Island Red).

I’m not sure. Some i got from a feed store. Some i got from a fellow breeder friend

 

[cherrynberry]

What would be a good male to cross her with??

If she were mine, I would cross her with the Welsummer/Welsummer cross.

If she lays olive or blue in the future, it could be a good project to develop some OEs (Olive Eggers).

 

[MamaChicken02]

Merlin
He is currently in a coop at a friends farm to fertilize her females eggs

 

[cherrynberry]

I’m not sure. Some i got from a feed store. Some i got from a fellow breeder friend

Ah okay.

Nope. Thats why BSLs are so easy to create

Below is a male sexlink. Males will have a headspot.

I will add one thing though. Barring is a dominant gene, which means a bird with barring in their genotype have to show it. HOWEVER, barring is white stripes, not black stripes, so it can hide on a white bird.

 

[cherrynberry]

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Merlin
He is currently in a coop at a friends farm to fertilize her females eggs

Does he have feathered feet? Just looks like a barnyard mix to be. Could be a cross of a cross.

 

[MamaChicken02]

Elvis!
He is at a second coop right now as well!

 

[MamaChicken02]

Does he have feathered feet? Just looks like a barnyard mix to be. Could be a cross of a cross.

No ma’am. No feathers on feet