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He's definitely blue. Those odds won't necessarily be accurate in small batches. You can flip a penny 10 times and get heads 8 times... But you still have a 50/50 chance each time. Flip the coin 100 times and you'll see something a whole lot closer to 50/50. That being said, how old are your...

Just a fun photo showing the difference between the new feathers coming in and the juvenile feathers on one of my 8 week old pullets.

I still can't decide what color my 3 week olds are. Maybe in another week...

Yes. This chick is blue.

I think they are splash too. Thanks for continuing to post photos of them! I've been curious to see how they turn out. Where are the hatching eggs coming from? I hope you have a great hatch rate!

Cute coop! I think the red hen is probably a brown leghorn mix and most likely your white egg layer. The Wyandotte is likely laying the smaller light brown eggs.

That makes sense. I'm about 2 hours from Charlotte.. I don't breed splash to splash but I do have an extra splash rooster and hen if that would help.. Too light in color for me but might be more what you are looking for.

Most of the people that I have seen selling eggs and chicks from splash to splash are breeding from hatchery quality stock. Even if you are only wanting splash, you are probably better off getting them from a blue to splash or blue to blue breeding. The best blrw usually come from breeding blue...

Nice! I have blrw chicks due to hatch this weekend too. :)

He looks splash to me too. It's random chance what proportions of each color you will get with a hatch of that size. Last year, i had a blue rooster with 2 blue hens and 2 splash hens. I had a few hatches that were 100% blue. I also had a few hatches that were almost all splash. If you flip a...

The other 3 look blue to me... But for what it's worth, I have only ever had a couple black laced chicks hatch... So I'm not good at picking those out. I have a black cockerel and blue rooster over blue and splash hens right now. Chicks due to hatch on Saturday. I'm hoping to get some black...

The black and white chicks aren't blrw. The brownish chipmunk ones on the right might be though.

When breeding blue to blue, there's about a 25% chance of getting black. So it is possible to get a black laced red instead of a blue or splash laced red. Unfortunately, in hatchery stock, there's not a whole lot of difference between a black laced red and a golden laced. That being said, it's...

A fun photo of my 9 month old blue cockerel.

I didn't have any issues with fertility in the wyandottes last year. I have 3 dozen blrw eggs in the incubator due to hatch 3/25, first hatch of the year. I'll candle later tonight or tomorrow to check fertility. I have 2 roosters with 8 hens at the moment. I need to divide them up so that I can...

As far as temperament goes, I've found mine to be pretty docile and friendly. The roosters get along with the hens and each other. The hens are occasionally broody and usually make good mothers. Of course it will also depend on the source. Hatcheries don't select for temperament to the same...

Cute chicks! I agree, the one on the right is starting to look like a cockerel. I would say that you probably have at least 1 splash. I'm not sure on the other two. They might be a lighter blue or they might be darker splash. It's hard to tell at that age... I have trouble telling my blues from...

Neat! I had a feeling it might be them. I've heard of them but have never bought any chicks there. They don't have many photos of their blrw online but they look like they might have some decent ones. I have considered buying a few just to see how they turn out. I remember being impressed with a...

Welcome! You aren't all that far from me. Let me know if you don't end up with that big ole rooster! I have several! Post photos as they grow up. I'm curious what local hatchery they are from and what their stock looks likes

I would imagine that they use splash roosters so that they don't get any black laced chicks. If a person wanted the black laced variety, they would just order golden laced wyandottes instead. In hatchery stock, there's not really much difference in color between the black laced reds and golden...