What color is this??

[Reurra]

So my little bantam cochin roo, Buster has decided to FINALLY grow some feathers!!! Hooorrrrayyy!!

However, he supposed to be black with green beetle feathers.....but guess what? Hes got golden coloring coming through on his "fore arms" or Marginal/secondary/lesser covert feathers! He has some silver looking feathers going down his neck from his ears, he also seems to have some lacing on his chest.

Until my camera has a charge, the best I can do is give an example picture. This bird has much more golden coloring around his neck than Buster, but the shoulders and chest look the same and his saddle feathers are coming in gold too.

Here is an Example picture.

 

[dukeis111]

that looks like a dogfish.

 

[Reurra]

Dogfish?

 

[dukeis111]

yep! a dogfish is a type of chicken.

 

[Reurra]

LOL What a strange name for a chicken breed!!

Hmmmm....well, I was aiming at the color haha. My are bantam cochins, but the color is roughly the same as my little roo Buster. Ive seen the parents, they were definitely cochins.....They look like they are wearing puffy pants too lol.

 

[dukeis111]

my Barred rock is also like that! But I think more hens have those puffy pants than a roo, like my rooster has very unpuffy pants. but the hen has very puffy pants, lol, I was just kidding about the dogfish part, lol

 

[ChickenExtreme]

Looks birchen color

 

[dukeis111]

Looks birchen color

agreed

 

[Chris09]

His is a Silver Birchen (Birchen). He may have some Partridge in him also that could be the reason for the Gold coloring in him.

Chris

 

[Chris09]

that looks like a dogfish.

Do you have a link to a "dogfish" chicken?
Where are there place of origin?

Chris