Blue Leghorn Hens?

[JedJackson]

They are very pretty but they look closer to lemon blue than blue light brown to me. I wonder what breeds/varieties were used in the crosses that produced these.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

They are pretty! They have more color in their necks than my Blue Copper Marans (I only had two, only one now).

 

[The Moonshiner]

They are very pretty but they look closer to lemon blue than blue light brown to me. I wonder what breeds/varieties were used in the crosses that produced these.

Privett supplies them. A couple years ago they had a very short run of "blue leghorns". I don't think they sold them for more then a couple months.
I saw some and they had white shanks and a couple had some leakage.
I suspect they went the same route I did and used Andalusians.
When their blue breasted browns were released someone there told me they used the blues they had and crossed them with brown leghorns.

 

[The Moonshiner]

They are very pretty but they look closer to lemon blue than blue light brown to me.

I see what you mean. Especially with the first one.
Here's a close up of one of my pullets from last year. I was showing off the hackle area but you can see more color in her body then just blue.

 

[JedJackson]

I see what you mean. Especially with the first one.
Here's a close up of one of my pullets from last year. I was showing off the hackle area but you can see more color in her body then just blue.
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That looks like blue light brown to me, with the salmon breast. Very nice looking bird, Moonshiner.

 

[The Moonshiner]

That looks like blue light brown to me, with the salmon breast. Very nice looking bird, Moonshiner.

Here's a blue on silver duckwing. I keep going back and forth which I like better.
I figured these would be like a cleaner look. Simple and less color but idk I find them striking in their own right.

 

[JedJackson]

Here's a blue on silver duckwing. I keep going back and forth which I like better.
I figured these would be like a cleaner look. Simple and less color but idk I find the. striking in their own right.
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Wow, that is really beautiful coloring. I like both but the blue silver duck wing has my vote. I know this color exists in game bantams but it's really striking in a Leghorn.