What do you call this pattern? Crele?

[TexasBlues]

 

[NatJ]

He is looking really nice as he gets older and more mature

 

[TexasBlues]

He is looking really nice as he gets older and more mature

thanks, he's only 16 weeks old now. I looked online at several "cree" fly tying capes. Those are specific about the patterns and this wouldn't be considered cree, I don't think. I'm taking a guess that he would be considered a barred medium ginger.
The barring on the fly tie hackles are much sharply defined than my roosters though. That comes from slow feathering vs fast feathering?

here's a barred medium ginger

and a closeup of cree:

 

[TexasBlues]

video describing different variants of cree

 

[TexasBlues]

@NatJ what do you think the chicks would look like if I crossed this rooster with black copper marans hens? The pullets would be barred? Black? The rooster seems to have a dark blue/gray breast.
Also what is the inheritance on ear lobe color? He’s got a pearly white/green sheen to his and they are reds.

 

[NatJ]

@NatJ what do you think the chicks would look like if I crossed this rooster with black copper marans hens? The pullets would be barred? Black? The rooster seems to have a dark blue/gray breast.
Also what is the inheritance on ear lobe color? He’s got a pearly white/green sheen to his and they are reds.

Chick should have a base color of black or blue (half each way.)

I think he has only one barring gene. If that is true, half of his sons and half of his daughters will have white barring, and the other half will not.

If he actually has two barring genes, then all of his chicks will have white barring.

Barred chicks should have a light spot on top of their head at hatch. So if some of his chicks have no headspot, you will know that he has only one barring gene. If all chicks have headspots, at some point you can be sure he's got two barring genes.

Earlobe color is not a simple dominant/recessive trait. I think the chicks will probably grow up to have some red and some white in each earlobe. That seems to be the most common result from crossing red and white earlobes. The "white" part could actually look blue, green, or yellow, or it could be actually white.

 

[TexasBlues]

If you have to buy some new chickens to start your project, you might also look at the olive eggers being sold by various hatcheries. Some of them are first-generation crosses that might save you one generation on your project. For example, if a hatchery crossed a Cream Legbar and a Welsummer, cockerels would be wild-type with one copy of the barring gene, one blue egg gene, and one set of genes for dark brown eggs.

I see whiting has a similar breed he’s calling Whiting Creole. It’s not a dark green though.
Edit: I misread the post, I thought it said legbar x welsummer

 

[NatJ]

I see whiting has a similar breed he’s calling Whiting Creole. It’s not a dark green though.
Edit: I misread the post, I thought it said legbar x welsummer
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Interesting! I see that the egg color is variable, but could include some dark greens.