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this is the splash and the older whites do have the same colour legs as this splash. yes the black does have the black legs and seems to be alot slower on feathering out was also the last one to hatch, may even be a cockerel now looking at the comb but has the same feather pattern on the wings...

all from the same breeder, breeder told me they keep the whites in a separate pen to the others. no interest in showing birds in the future. yes i hatched the whites first then decided to hatch a few more and purchased a mixed colour of b/b/s it was pot luck as to the colours that would hatch.

i'll post some better pics tomorrow of the splash so your saying my white Australorps are splash ? but the 2 splash i have are like an off white colour which looks like blue leakage through out. hmmmm now i'm confused :confused: i'm only breeding/hatching for my own use, not for sale or...

:lol: @Egghead_Jr Purchased eggs from a breeder, pure Australorp Looks white to me, 5 weeks old 8 weeks old, was their first night in the big coop outside, nest boxes on the right have been boarded up as i don't have any layers right now. they are 13 weeks old now

Thank you so much @BlueBaby :love and @The Moonshiner :love Great information and food for thought. Will probably end up keeping the splash cockerel for next summer breeding. I will make the decision once i integrate the 4 little ones out with the whites in the big coop.

Thank you @BlueBaby, yes im leaning towards keeping the splash Thank you @The Moonshiner, in the past i have only had cross Australorps and didn't know the parents so there was a colour bleed. I had a white australorp cross hen that ended up having black flecks through it which was kinda cool...

Thanks @Trimurtisan was hard and i nearly gave up but i had chicks in the brooder so they kept me going:) my main concern is i don't want to change/dilute the blue so maybe it might be better to keep the splash as you mentioned my main goal is to increase the blue and black but i would really...

Thank you @Trimurtisan so by keeping a white roo will give me a recessive white gene down the line? causing the blues to lighten in colour? i'm not really good with this gene stuff

Thank you for the info @igorsMistress i have been keeping chickens for 5 years now but there's always more to learn. Yes i did have a rooster before but we are in the process of rebuilding due to a gum tree dropping a limb on our chicken run and losing the last few chickens i had. So currently...

I currently have pure breed Australorps, regular size. I'm trying to decide which cockerel to keep as i cant keep them all cause that's just asking for trouble and i don't want to have separate pens. I currently have 5 white and 2 splash cockerels and 3 white, 1 black and 1 blue pullet. I would...