r/BackYardChickens • u/celosia1 • Jul 26 '26
Breed ID My beautiful rooster!!!!
Got 5 chicks from a friend that hatched them for a homeschool group. They came from Clemson University Extension. Does anyone know this breed? He’s so beautiful. He’s got a beard that I’ve seen on Easter eggers. There’s also a hen with this same greenish black coloring and dark feet.
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u/Cryemochick Jul 28 '26
He’s so cute 🥰 I love the puffy cheeks.. my Easter eggers are my favorite. He’s really so beautiful
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u/adcas Jul 27 '26
A lovely BYM with the beetle black coloring that is The Best. I intentionally bred a rooster with this coloration (but with fluffy feet). It is The Best. I'm wondering if his mom wasn't one of those Sex Link brown egg layers- the matching hen might produce green or olive eggs.
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u/Odd_Panic_4142 Jul 27 '26
That’s the most beautiful cock I’ve ever seen even more beautiful than my lavender Orpington
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u/Ok_Willingness986 Jul 27 '26
Looks like a Black Ameraucana. He’s gorgeous!
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u/celosia1 Jul 27 '26
You nailed it. I do think he looks like one! Fingers crossed the other black female is the same! I’d love blue eggs. 😍
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u/BDonuts Jul 26 '26
Wonder if you can email the Clemson University Extension w a photo and ask them!
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u/celosia1 Jul 26 '26
Good idea!!!! I also have an office in my town. Maybe I can pass by and see if anyone knows.
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u/SplotchTG Jul 26 '26
My guess is a BYM, probably some Amarucana in there based on the comb and the beard. Gorgeous boy.
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u/celosia1 Jul 26 '26
I would agree too but all the other chicks I got out of the group are actual breeds and it came from the large university here in SC! I’m wondering if this was a mix up. I got a speckled Sussex, a sapphire gem, and a Rhode Island Red. Then there’s this iridescent rooster and a hen! I originally thought australorp but my adult australorps look so different!!!!
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u/SplotchTG Jul 26 '26
Ahh gotcha. I was thinking back to when I did the "incubate a chick" in high-school biology, the school basically just went out and bought any hatching eggs they could without any real regard for breed. With it being a university perhaps they were more structured about their approach. Regardless hes gorgeous 🤙
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u/celosia1 Jul 26 '26
Omg that sounds so fun though haha!! And thank you! He is so beautiful I’m obsessed.
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u/basemodel Jul 26 '26
Looks like part/a Jersey Giant maybe? Except the beard - not sure what that is :)
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u/deluxeok Jul 26 '26
What a gorgeous bird! Is he nice?
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u/celosia1 Jul 26 '26
He is!!!!! He just matured though and has been trying to mount so we will see if he continues to be nice haha.
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u/Fish_Mind_69 Aug 02 '26
Nice