Well he sure is pretty. I've seen hatcheries lump a group of breeds together and call them a rainbow, as like a group, but I haven't seen them as a full on breed.
I talked to Marlene, (the guinea lady) who gave me this rooster a few years ago..
she just told me that it was a Rainbow.. she is ordering some from a catalog this spring.
I think this old boy is about 6 or 7 years old..
......jiminwisc.........
Hey Jim,
A Crested Cream Legbar, (in essence, a barred Leghorn) lays a bluish egg and is sex linked with males having two barring genes, females having one, so you can discern their gender at hatch.
A Rainbow chicken is a hatchery coined term allowing them to market a breed for any number of traits, (depends on what hatchery your doing business with). Years ago, there was a hatchery marketing "Rainbow Layers" which in essence, were nothing more than a line of Americaunas that had been selected to lay beige, pink, blue, blue-green, green, green-blue and olive shades of eggs. I've even saw one hatchery that sold Rainbows simply under the guise of mixed breed chicks. It was a one year offer, so my guess is someone forgot to close the gate to the breeder pens.
I suffer from CRS too, though some days are worse than others.
Kind regards,
Kevin
