What colour is this little roo?

[Irolita]

He's an easter egger. Hatched from a brown egg, so RIR, Barred Rock, or Columbian Rock mother. Father is an Ameraucana (blue or lavender). Could he be birchen? Is that possible from one of those crosses?

 

[JedJackson]

It's not birchen, in my opinion. He won't fit exactly into a standard color pattern because he has mixed color genetics. The mother is likely to be the Colombian Rock.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

He’s not birchen, he’s black with leakage, and I agree that the columbian rock is probably the mother

 

[Irolita]

It's not birchen, in my opinion. He won't fit exactly into a standard color pattern because he has mixed color genetics. The mother is likely to be the Colombian Rock.

Ok, thank you! It didn't look quite right to me either comparing it to photos online.

 

[Irolita]

He’s not birchen, he’s black with leakage, and I agree that the columbian rock is probably the mother

Thanks! I don't know too much about colour genetics yet, so it's interesting to see how they turn out.