She did not, no. She came from California. My males did though. I had a fantastic hatch rate from snowshoe's eggs, and I am half the country away. The only problem was at least 6 of the 7 chicks I hatched from him were male!
I was concerned about the amount of white (to use her as a...
As light as the OP's chick. And no, they are not purple black shoulder. I will take new pictures tonight, but for now I will repost a picture I took a couple weeks ago of the one that I kept. I also had two males that I sold that still had no color on their necks when I sold them. I will...
I'm certainly no expert, but none of my purples have been or are that light. Also none, not even the males, have started getting any color on their necks or chest by 12 weeks. (My youngest is just over 12 weeks.) When I get on a real computer I will post pictures.