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12/26/11 at 9:14am

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Please post pictures and information about your BLUE ISBARS !!

What do the hens look like?

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12/26/11 at 9:24am

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The Sheriff has pics of her on the Icelandic thread... but you'd have to search... sometime in the last month.

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12/26/11 at 2:10pm

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There are some pics here:

http://www.mimmtrix.com/Honsen/Hons,%20Isbar.htm

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12/28/11 at 1:23pm

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So they are supposed to be autosexing right? What do the day old chicks look like?

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12/28/11 at 1:31pm

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What do the hens look like?

they look like a melanized Birchen or under melanized E/E to me.. roos look like birchen and hens look like extended black.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Isbar/BRKIsbar.html

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12/28/11 at 1:35pm

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looking at the breed again.. I still think they are Extended blacks lacking melanizers..

this pic of a pair was taken from here: http://www.rarebreedauctions.com/103493,auction_id,auction_details

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12/28/11 at 1:50pm

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The pattern reminds me of the copper marans with the roosters being patterned and hens mostly solid

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12/28/11 at 1:55pm

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The pattern reminds me of the copper marans with the roosters being patterned and hens mostly solid

black copper maran are and look Gold Birchen to me.

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12/28/11 at 2:11pm

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But as far as the patterning goes. When the coppers first started showing up for sale alot of the hens were solid black (like a couple of the hens in the picture you just posted). I'm not saying that is what they are, it just reminds me of a poor birchen looking rooster

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I just listed 6 blue Isbar eggs on a Buy-It-Now classified.

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