What is special about the Heritage barred rock rooster + black australorp hen cross

[Leilukka]

What genetic outcome for egg color, barring gene, and egg production come out of this cross?

Rooster versus hen offspring outcomes?

How do you breed for a true pink egg?

How dominant is the white skin gene?

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

I don’t know, but I have 2 hens that I think are this cross. Uno and Starlight are not at egg laying age yet, but I can tell you they look a bit like Barred Rocks( their father was one), and that the barring, if you can call it that at this point, is more spread out. They are also black and white, instead of silvery grey and white like their dad.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

I don’t know, but I have 2 hens that I think are this cross. Uno and Starlight are not at egg laying age yet, but I can tell you they look a bit like Barred Rocks( their father was one), and that the barring, if you can call it that at this point, is more spread out. They are also black and white, instead of silvery grey and white like their dad.

Top picture is the dad, and bottom picture is the suspected Australorp mix.

 

[Leilukka]

Top picture is the dad, and bottom picture is the suspected Australorp mix.

Yes, your pullet is a mix. You can tell by the white skin and single barring. The single barring is more stretched out. It will be cool to see:
If she is a broody type?
If she lays eggs throughout the winter?
If she lays a heavy bloom causing a pink color?

In time we will see.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yes, your pullet is a mix. You can tell by the white skin and single barring.

Barring is sex linked.
Mixed or pure a female can only have single barring.

 

[nuthatched]

Yes, your pullet is a mix. You can tell by the white skin and single barring. The single barring is more stretched out. It will be cool to see:
If she is a broody type?
If she lays eggs throughout the winter?
If she lays a heavy bloom causing a pink color?

In time we will see.

All those are up to the individual bird.