That was my guess, I just didn't think that you could have blue and black on the same bird, which is why I thought he was interesting. He's here for a crossbreeding experiment so pedigree is not of importance. My criteria for the project sire was: not white, colored egg layer, non-aggressive and...
Here are some pics of the new man on the farm. Not the greatest, I didn't have help and didn't think I could hold him and snap the pictures at the same time
Okay. Will go snap a couple pictures of the bird. Also to make sure that his tail is indeed black and not a dark blue. He's in isolation at the moment because he's only been here a week.
ETA: Camera is charging. He has black tipped hackles and a black tail. I'm fairly certain that the "blue"...
I thought that blue was a modied "black" gene. Homozygous dominant resulting in black, heterozygous blue and homozygous recessive being splash. So I didn't think that you could have black and blue on the same bird, right?
I recently purchased an EE rooster. He was being sold as an "ameraucana"...