What breed is my rooster? And my pullet too. (Pics)

[rodriguezpoultry]

OK. Since there seems to be such an issue as to coloration. Let me explain something.

Barred Plymouth Rock males have a double-dose of barring. This makes them appear lighter than pullets. That male that you have is a black sex-link male. He only has ONE copy of the barring gene because his mother had NO barring.

He is a black sex-link cockerel and the pullet is a sex-link pullet (red sex-link pullet).

 

[twitchratchicks]

I'll get some more pics in the morning.

 

[danielbrown]

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red comb at 4 weeks sounds like a rooster, you mean the barred one right?

question #1 Does the barred one have redish feathers on the shoulders and back?

question #2 Does the barred one have very dark/solid black tail feathers?

Barred rock hens and roos have different plumage colors.
Rooster have 2 copies of the barring gene giving them more white than black.
Hens have only 1 copy of the barring gene giving then more black than white.

however Black sex-link roosters look like barred rocks except they only have 1 copy of the barring gene making them colored like a BR hen. Because they are a cross between a Barred Rock hen and Rhode Island Red rooster. Some RIR color traits can leak through.

If so that would be a Black sex-link roo.

BTW, Here's a Barred rock with 2 copies of barring for comparison.

 

[danielbrown]

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A BR Roo with 2 copies over a hen with no copies will give all offspring 1 copy, but they would not be sex-links, correct?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Correct!

Which is why the females are the ones used in a sex-link cross. They will give the male offspring the barring gene, whereas if you used a pure Barred Plymouth Rock male in the cross, all the offspring would have 1 copy of the barring gene.

 

[danielbrown]

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Yea I know

, I already have some Splash Ameraucana roos and a bunch of Cukoo Marans hens.

 

[twitchratchicks]

well at least I know what he is now...I am disapointed though. I wanted to show him at the fair.

I think I heard him trying to crow this morning. The rooster next door was crowing and then i heard a strange sound from him. It was like caaa-caaaa lol.