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It's happening again! The late blue chick is starting to exhibit the same bronzing :/

Two weeks until our first fair... These are my two black cockerels. I like the first a lot better... Thoughts? And bird 2:

Which is why I wasn't expecting this bronzed roo - I'm going to keep him for now, and breed him on blues, but right now the whole flock goes back to the original pair... not sure if I'll be able to figure out the genetics of this without getting some new blood. Suggestions? I have a friend...

Original black hen and blue roo

Couple more pics

Finally got pics of mama hen... Last year I thought she was just an ugly blue pullet, but maybe she is dun? This is the pullet out of a black hen and the blue male. In the first photo, the black hen on the right is her mum

Here is an update picture... He has some smattering of green-sheen in the tail now :/

The gold is only on the hackles, saddles, and wings bars

So THIS guy is growing out in our breeding pen... We bred a standard blue Sumatra back on one of his blue daughters (out of a black hen), hoping for some splash chicks. We got this rooster instead - very interesting bronzing! I was hoping to create some new colors on the Sumatra frame, and...