Red Barred Plymouth Rock

[chknbrdr]

Thought I would post a pic of my Red Barred Plymouth Rock cock.
His father was a Red Barred that sported out of a hatchery batch of Barred Plymouth Rocks and I bred that bird to show type Barred Rock hens and kept this cock. I know it sort of resembles the Crele pattern, but it is not. I'm working on improving type and size.

I was told that in the early 1900's there were Red Barred Rocks that were kept around Iowa/Kansas. This line came from a small hatchery in Iowa. Thought it might be an interesting discussion if anyone has any history or other info about Red Barred Rocks...?

 

[silverfilly]

Very pretty boy, I read about them somewhere a long time ago. I just hatched out some BR so I could try and creat some using my RIR. Nice to actually see a pic of one.

 

[chknbrdr]

I tried that, it doesn't work that way, this is some kind of variation from the Barred gene, mixing reds in just makes 'Red Rocks', the Black sexlink.

 

[purecountrychicken]

Nice lookin roo there.

 

[Omniskies]

Reversing the red and black parents would create chicks that aren't sexlinked, but I still don't know if that would do what you're wanting.

I found one site that referenced Red Barred as a color but I can't find any pictures. Do you know what they used to look like? Was it a strictly red and white chicken?

The rooster is beautiful. Good luck re-creating the color. I'd love to get some hatching eggs some day

 

[chknbrdr]

Yeah, you are right, using a Red cock and Barred hen gets the black sexlink pullets, barred cockerels.
Using a Barred cock and Red hen gets all barred offspring, unfortunately no red in the bars. This Red Barred thing is some genetic variation from the regular black/grayish barred pattern.

thanks for the input, if anyone knows where they read information about this color pattern, I would really appreciate it.

Matt

 

[tiki244]

I just wanted to say he is beautiful!

 

[Three_Blessings]

He is so handsome. I would love one!!!

 

[Bornacentury2L8]

He's a looker for sure! When you are tired of him just box him up and send him on over

 

[cybercat]

I just read about a breed in Brittan called a Rhodebar which is a autosexing breed. The males look just like that. Yes, they are over here in the US also so you might want to do a search on them. From what I read they breed true but started as a RIR x with BR.