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I got 16 Asian blues in the mail 13 weeks ago. (I didn't order 'em, but I got 'em) I have 15 hens and they are on the brink of laying eggs. Does anyone have adult hens and what is the egg color? thanks.

All of the pictures on this thread are missing one extremely important breed characteristic: varying golden and chestnut breasts. Almost every Asian blue has some varying degree of golden or chestnut on their breast. The amount varies from a touch only seen in perfect lighting to the gold...

Definitely both Asian blues. The amount of gold seems to vary a lot among chickens of the breed. Some I have only have a few feathers showing a hint of gold, while one of mine is almost all gold. The amount on roosters seems to improve on their counterpart hens, and roosters have a chestnut bar...

At this point I cannot tell. It would be helpful to have a picture of his sides and breast.

Leghorns are EXTREMELY small (bantam size) and of course have white plumage. They are common and I am almost sure that it is the breed.

American Game for the bottom?

Top is a polish of some type 2nd is a Barnevelder or Welsummer 3rd is a Barnevelder or Welsummer 4th is a Red Star? 5th is a Red Star?

Top pic: Welsummer Rooster 2nd Pic: Leghorn and Silkie 3rd Pic: RIR Rooster? 4th Pic: Welsummer hens

Top picture is a RIR or a red sex link. TSC has lots of Red sex Links, and I am sure that almost every location has them. The other is probably a blue laced red Wyandotte.

Pasting up is where the chick's feces stick and dry to their butt. This is a very serious condition and should be cured by carefully wiping it with a warm, wet paper towel and then let it dry on its own or use a dry paper towel.

It is simply just a mixup of names. If red comes before blue, it is not necessarily a different breed.

White Rock, which is a cross between a PR and a Leghorn.

One might be a Welsummer or Golden Laced Wyandotte (Golden Laced are not too rare) and the other looks like a Rhode Island Red, one of the most common breeds out there.

If she did eat pine shavings, I would expect a enlarged crop that hangs down. Massaging the crop helps. But I do not think that the problem is that she ate pine shavings. I think it is that she was trampled by the others and was pasted up and you may have hurt it by doing so. I hope this helps.

At this point, they all look like Pullets, luckily for you. For the breed, the red one might be a red star otherwise known as a red sex link, or a Rhode Island Red or production red might be on the shortlist. Do you know what color the red one was a few weeks ago when you got them? As for the...