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They look similar. Such beautiful birds. Couple updated pics of my Barn Gems:

All your birds are so lovely :)

That is completely possible. I have seen the sapphire olive egger chicks this year and that would make sense based on her looks. That beak has a different shape to it. Will be exciting to see what color eggs she lays :)

Wow yelling is necessary? Enlighten me, used them the Sapphire Gem (not any name or other kind) for what? Breeding? or just buying for egg laying and killing when you were done with them? Using a hybrid does not qualify as breeding. You are going off of bad data and assumptions that don't have...

These are what I call my birds. Cross of Barnevelder and Sapphire GemTm. It's also the name of my farm/business - Barn Gems Farm.

I don't agree that they are not a breed of chicken or at least I believe it is debatable. You are calling the SG a hybrid, this mean you know exactly what two BREEDS they crossed to get this bird right? Why is it called a Czech breed then? It is completely unclear from all sources what has gone...

I completely understand your frustration at the feather issue and I felt the same. I have always made sure my animals received the best care (weather or not I planned to eat them later). I feel like my hybrids (barn gems) should not suffer from the issue but I am going to be closely watching for...

Oh no my trade secret!! But what's a little secret between friends. :hugs :) I used a barnevelder rooster over the sg hen.

I lol'ed so hard at the hen pattern baldness. I put up an advertisement and sold all but a couple of mine to a man looking to do pasture free range eggs. They would only be penned in at night and have an acre of land to graze. This I believe will be the best solution for these birds. Being in an...

I am sorry to hear you are having a similar experience with these birds. I am equally saddened and frustrated with this behavior. We did make a change in our feed (increased protein), checked repeatedly for external and internal parasites, started spreading out the feed on the ground to give...

I lost most of my Barnie's in the fall last year. Only my roo and 1 hen survived. After that you could not get near them. I then bought my sapphire gems because my roo was ALL OVER my hen (she was having none of it) and I needed a bird that was a better layer than the Barnies are to cross them...

My crossing of these with pure Barnevelder has produced some interesting chicks. I have only had the hens. All of mine are curious and eat grass from our hands but I do have a few that are flighty (which could startle/scare a child). None are aggressive towards us but they surely won't let you...

Here are a couple pics of my adult SGs. This first one is the lightest color. All but one of my 11 have black legs/feet. Its clear now these are definitely closely related to the Andalusian blue and not Rocks. I think the body type and combs are more like Andalusian. I just can't decide if this...

So sorry to hear you lost one of yours. For mine it seems like it depends on the day (wet/dry) some days they look darker to me.

The SG's breed like a true blue only half the chicks are blue. Lavender orps breed true (all chicks are lavender) as different genes are responsible for lavender versus those for true blue.

Hoover's is now this year selling Andalusians so I believe they did use these to create the Sapphire Gems. I am breeding my SGs to a pure breed Barnevelder rooster I'll know by the middle of March how much Andalusian v/s Barred Rock is in them by the chicks. SGs seem to be very busy/active.

check the foot color, yellow without black is a rooster with these.

This does not match any of the three Roosters I purchased. One was a true barred (like a dominique), other 2 where blue with barring (the neck of one was a lavender barring very light, the other had a dark grey color neck with barring, both their bodies were blue like the hens.