What would a Barred Rock x Rhode Island Red look like?

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The Red Barred one that I said I hatched looked a lot like the one in catdaddy's avatar. May just a tad darker red than that one but that is pretty much what he looked like. But yep, I have hatched BR X RIR and BR X SS and some of them were hard to tell from a pure barred rock, other than the roos, the roos are dark barred like barred rock hens so pure Barred rock roosters would be lighter should be easier to tell apart from the crosses.
 
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He's not mine I borrowed his pic from someone else hear on the thread can't remember whom but I think I got permission though. I did have a Red(buff) barred I hatched out a couple of years ago but I gave him to my mom, because he was so pretty, moms get the best you know, but some sort a critter got him and all but one of her chickens figured most prolly d...md 'coons'. Anyhow I've been trying for another for the past couple of hatching seasons no luck yet that's how I end up with the halfbreed gals great layers though. I'll keep trying. Next time I'm going to try a BSL male for the roo I think that's what tadkerson said would more likely give the Red or buff barred pattern when crossed onto a Black-tailed red (red columbian), RIR,NH or Prod. red. I still think that the mother of my red barred was a RSL hen (black tailed not white tailed) but Tim said most prolly not so, all I know is I've hatched them before male and female and I'm gonna keep on till I do it again as they are my favorite colored chicken. You can see a beautiful dark red barred roo on tadkersons website check it out.

Sorry for hyjacking but its relative I believe, catdaddy
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He's not mine I borrowed his pic from someone else hear on the thread can't remember whom but I think I got permission though. I did have a Red(buff) barred I hatched out a couple of years ago but I gave him to my mom, because he was so pretty, moms get the best you know, but some sort a critter got him and all but one of her chickens figured most prolly d...md 'coons'. Anyhow I've been trying for another for the past couple of hatching seasons no luck yet that's how I end up with the halfbreed gals great layers though. I'll keep trying. Next time I'm going to try a BSL male for the roo I think that's what tadkerson said would more likely give the Red or buff barred pattern when crossed onto a Black-tailed red (red columbian), RIR,NH or Prod. red. I still think that the mother of my red barred was a RSL hen (black tailed not white tailed) but Tim said most prolly not so, all I know is I've hatched them before male and female and I'm gonna keep on till I do it again as they are my favorite colored chicken. You can see a beautiful dark red barred roo on tadkersons website check it out.

Sorry for hyjacking but its relative I believe, catdaddy
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I've seen Tim's pic of his barred RIR... He's BEAUTIFUL!!!
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I have BR/RIR eggs in the incubator right now. I am curious to see what they look like. I am wondering if my BR roo is pure though I dont think he is. I have 2 and the one thats mating looks different than the other they came from the same farm but different batch of hatching eggs that the woman had bought from a farmer. The reason I think he may not be pure is that he is darker than the other and he has green in his tail feathers and some gold leaking in his hackles. The other looks like a typical BR roo. So anyway I have 4 eggs in there due to Hatch Thanksgiving day. all are developing great so I will be truly thankful if they all hatch.
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Just for fun I ran BSL and RSL (with barring, like with a Dealware hen) roosters over a red hen through Henk's calculator. The odds with both of getting a red barred pullet was 1 in 16 chicks or 1 in 8 of the pullets. I thought the RSL odds would be higher, but it was not.

Editted to add: I also ran a barred rooster over a red hen, then took the rooster from that cross and crossed with a red hen. Odds were the same as above.
 
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I was wondering about the BSL roo x RSL(black-tailed) hen, do you think the odds are the same as BSLxred columbian. Try it and post back I'm not so good on the calculator yet I need to do a lot more studying on it someday.
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catdaddy

PS Ill try to locate the thread where Tim and I discused the buff barred cross last year when I get some more time maybe tonite. Gotta go work on a tractor(not a chicken tractor either) a big tractor for the rest of the day.
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Iwent on ahead and found the thead just in case I forgot later(happens frequently). Boy talk about blow your dress tail up over your head, does mine and I don't even wear a dress
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. Very interesting info here to digest if you have an iron stomach that is otherwise might cause an ulcer
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=275420
 
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Cowgirl, looks like we've hijacked your thread. Hope you don't mind too much. Maybe some pictures will help apologize.

I ran the BSL/RSL cross. I got that the same percentage will have the red/buff barring. What that means is that 1 in 8 of the pullets will be either red or buff barred. The odds of the pullet being red barred is greater than her being buff barred by quite a bit, but you may get either. I was not alert enough to keep the two separate. If you want a buff barred, use a buff hen instead of a red.

I have a chick that might be interesting. The father is a Speckled Sussex/Delaware cross.
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He gets the barring from his mother. Those two white tail feathers are from the SS father.

I don't know what the mother is. The possibilities are SS roo/Delaware hen cross, SS roo/BO hen cross, and SS roo/BA hen cross. From trying to decipher Tim's comments, I think it could be from any of these hens. He said the barring could damped down the red to buff.

The SS/BO cross.
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The SS/Delaware cross. An old photo. She is no longer with us.
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I do not have any photos of the SS/Black Australorp cross. She looks like a BA but is very camera shy.

Actually all these chicks are from these possibilities. They are about 5 weeks old. When you cross crosses with crosses, you really lose control on what you might get. The chick I'm talking about is the yellow barred on the left. Is this close to what you were looking for? I'm pretty sure it is a rooster.

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In this shot, it is the one trying to hide, again on the left.

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I don't mind at all!
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Very pretty birds, especially the yellow barred chick!

Catdaddy: WOW. I knew Mr. Adkerson was very knowledgeable about chicken color genetics, but had no idea he knew it that in depth... I got a little dizzy trying to read and comprehend what he was saying in plain simple English!
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Ridgerunner: Could you maybe pass along a link to Henk's calculator? I'd love to mess around on it, LOL!
 

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