What breed is my roo?

[acfarf]

We originally bought our roo from TSC a few years ago. He was in a bin marked black austrolorps. He has a beautiful green sheen to his feathers with a golden/wheat color back. Any ideas?

 

[jarvis]

hes gorgeous ... but .. idk what he is .. maybe accidently a mix ? he half way looks australorp .. but .. the he has that barring on his back .. ..

pretty pretty boy though ..

 

[MissCluckCluck]

Whatever he is, he's beautiful! I love the colouring- he would have some nice offspring

 

[Illia]

Funny this is the second time someone came up with a leaky weird mutt looking rooster who was sold to them as a Black Australorp.


I think TSC's source hatchery is going through a bit of an oops with their Australorps.

 

[acfarf]

Thank you. We think he is beautiful too and a wonderful roo for all of his "girls" although he has quite the temper on him! We recently decided to add a few more chickens to the coop(like anyone can ever stop adding!). We have a Silkie who went broody and decided to let her lay on a few eggs. I am not 100% certain but I tried to choose some eggs from our leghorns hoping that that would show the of his characteristics. I didn't want to overshadow his colors with our RIRs or Barred Rocks. They are set to start hatching at the end of the week. I will post pics.

 

[BlazeJester]

Well, if you are using white leghorns you will get white chicks. They are dominant white and overshadow pretty much anything. Do give the other ladies a try for the next hatch