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With my hatchery buckeyes the roos were shinier and redder, even at 8 weeks, than the hens. The roos also very often had black hackle feathers. And yeah, more prominent, redder combs. The roos got distinct lines of bumps on the comb very early.

Quote: Really. OK, then I am completely deluded. The speckled chick was 4 weeks old. Unfortunately both the buckeyes chicks I had that were speckled died before they matured -- one from bad crossbeak and one from...well, I don't know what it was, but it started with those sores in the...

Hmmm, OK, I double-checked, and I've only got one hen with feathers like that, all on her thighs. Most of the black I've got is stripey, or solid feathers, like the wings on these sunbathers: Or this guy's hackles: The two buckeyes I got from Ideal that were speckled were *really*...

Quote: Hmmm, do you have pictures of the mottled/blotchy? I have Ideal hatchery buckeyes -- and I am fully aware they are not to standard, I bought them as a meat bird and backyard hen experiment, not to show, not to breed. But they all have scattered mottled black feathers, especially in...

Kathy, thanks for these pictures. I am pleased to see speckled feathers on the heads of your birds, and light-tipped wing feathers. My buckeyes from Ideal (2/3 hatch) have these, and I thought they were all completely untrue to type. I'm feeling a bit better now. Mine also have thick legs...

Quote: This is actually my greatest fear of the Buckeye. It's like some sort of cult.