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Looking forward to seeing this 7 week old Iowa Blue cockerel chick grow out, maybe in a few months he will look like his father but with a better comb. :)

A couple pictures I got yesterday while doing my chores. :)

Really happy in how this Iowa Blue cockerel has filled out over the last 3 months. :)

Nice looking chicks Candy, I plan to concentrate my attention on breeding more for the "pheasant striped chicks & more solid chestnut colored chicks" in the future. One of my goals in the future is to start getting more of a 50/50 split of the two color pattern chicks above. I will be keeping...

"The Iowa Blue was developed in the early 1900's near Decorah, Iowa.  A folk legend tells the story of a white Plymouth Rock hen emerging from under a building with a clutch of chicks colored solid chestnut to striped.  Old-timers tell the tale that the chicks were sired by a pheasant." If...

One chick of this last Iowa Blue hatch stands out from the others & I am very much looking forward to seeing it feather out! :)

Really happy with the number of Iowa Blue chicks that I got out of my incubator last night! :)

Hi Kari, I could be wrong but going on the wing feathers growth this chick looks to be a female. Very curious to see how she feathers out. I also have one that looks to be a male with no hint of brown in it's chick down. He is mostly a dark smokey color at this time.

Hi Candy,thank you for the nice words. I very much look forward to seeing these feather out. :)

A few pictures of my first Iowa Blue chicks that I pulled out of the incubator earlier today! It is a small hatch but more Iowa Blue eggs will be going into the incubator tonight. :) In the picture above the darker chick in front to the left is from my darker hen with the red leg band, the...

Cool & windy this evening but the chickens don't seem to mind it. Fall is definitely here! :)

This time next week I should have chicks hatching from this Iowa Blue trio. :)

Hi Candy, I plan to keep a great amount of record keeping on these Iowa Blue chicks also. I am very much looking forward to getting started into this very interesting breeding of the Iowa Blues! :)

I have a few eggs in the incubator from the Iowa Blue trio below & very much looking forward to see what the chicks look like at hatch. :)

Out foraging before I locked them up for the night. :)

Thank you so much Wappoke for the help as I very much appreciate it. I will follow your breeding plan & only collect eggs from the duller/darker hen first, then only collect eggs from the more defined pencilled/lighter hen later. I very much looking forward to receiving your breeding advice in...

Thank you Wappoke for the information. I got these Iowa Blues around 3 weeks ago so unfortunately I don't know what the chicken down color of them was at hatching. The male looks to have more of a straight barring pattern with a breast that is becoming more black with white spangles. I will be...

Yes I also take out as many predators as possible but between the predator problems lately & a few that I decided to send to another home I still have a trio of the Iowa Blue that I am very much looking forward to hatching eggs from. :)

After reading your opinion on the two pullets from Sand Hill I decided to keep them but they would not go into the chicken house at night as they preferred to sleep in the trees at night & unfortunately I haven't seen neither of the two going on a week now. I keep hoping they will show up but I...

Got a few pictures of my Iowa Blues before locking them up for the night. :)