➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[BantyChooks]

Maybe it is just blue sheen? Like how my Black Australorps get a green and/or purple sheen sometimes??

It is.

 

[Kiki]

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Oh great.
I see purple here.

 

[BantyChooks]

See... it's not nearly as shiny in different lighting.

 

[BantyChooks]

Oh great.
I see purple here.
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That's because black chickens are shiny, dumdum.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

An update on my littles. It's hard to believe they are 5 1/2 weeks old already. I'll do the pics as thumbnails since there are so many.
Blue Ameracauna Violet. Her and Jasmine (BCM) are the littlest in the bunch. She has that awkward scrawny dinosaur look going on. Poor thing LOL!
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This is my Lakeshore Egger Buttercup (mohawk chick) checking out Elvis (and vise versa). Seeing her outside in the light, I can see some peach patch undertones in her white feathers. So not pure white after all.
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Austra White Daisy. I love the spots of grey. She's going to be so pretty!
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This is the BCM Jasmine. Altho Jasmines vent/bum still looks a bit distended/deformed she is no longer struggling and prolapsing and is now pooping just fine. Her feathers are taking FOREVER to fully come in. They almost have a frizzled look (maybe not right term but best I could think of) on top as you can see. She is SUPER soft. Her and Violet are the smallest in the bunch. Jasmine doesn't let anyone push her around tho. She pecks right back and stands her ground. She's spunky. I wish I had a better front view. Maybe another time.
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This is my Welsummer Hazel. Hazel is such a friendly sweet chick.
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This is the dark EE Sunny. She is brave, assertive. Not bossy or aggressive tho. I about freaked when she jumped from the ground to the tall roost bar on the little coop. Others eventually followed her lead.
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This is the Blue Andalusian Iris. I was wondering if she was going to stay black forever. You can see the grey spots coming in on her chest feathers. Eventually she should be mostly grey. I think. Am pretty sure. Is neat seeing them change colors.
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This is the light EE Tigerlily. We ended up changing her name. I just included both pics so you can see a front and back. That's Hazel looking at the camera in the 2nd pic.
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My hubby was holding one of the EE's and he noticed her legs. He didn't realize that EE's have green legs.

Urgh I’m wondering what your Andalusian is mixed with...as that’s not how the blue gene works. She should be all gray, black, or white with black/gray patches. Not black with gray patches.

 

[BantyChooks]

My other black ones have the same sheen to them, it's just more noticeable on him because it's very scattered colour.

 

[Kiki]

That's because black chickens are shiny, dumdum.

He's dumb.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It is.

Ah that’s cool!!

Oh great.
I see purple here.
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Same!!

See... it's not nearly as shiny in different lighting.
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I still see blue/purple lol

That's because black chickens are shiny, dumdum.

Hey, that’s not very nice!!

My other black ones have the same sheen to them, it's just more noticeable on him because it's very scattered colour.

Scattered?

 

[ShrekDawg]

He's dumb.

Nah he is lol

 

[Kiki]

An update on my littles. It's hard to believe they are 5 1/2 weeks old already. I'll do the pics as thumbnails since there are so many.
Blue Ameracauna Violet. Her and Jasmine (BCM) are the littlest in the bunch. She has that awkward scrawny dinosaur look going on. Poor thing LOL!
View attachment 1744008
This is my Lakeshore Egger Buttercup (mohawk chick) checking out Elvis (and vise versa). Seeing her outside in the light, I can see some peach patch undertones in her white feathers. So not pure white after all.
View attachment 1744011
Austra White Daisy. I love the spots of grey. She's going to be so pretty!
View attachment 1744012 View attachment 1744013
This is the BCM Jasmine. Altho Jasmines vent/bum still looks a bit distended/deformed she is no longer struggling and prolapsing and is now pooping just fine. Her feathers are taking FOREVER to fully come in. They almost have a frizzled look (maybe not right term but best I could think of) on top as you can see. She is SUPER soft. Her and Violet are the smallest in the bunch. Jasmine doesn't let anyone push her around tho. She pecks right back and stands her ground. She's spunky. I wish I had a better front view. Maybe another time.
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This is my Welsummer Hazel. Hazel is such a friendly sweet chick.
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This is the dark EE Sunny. She is brave, assertive. Not bossy or aggressive tho. I about freaked when she jumped from the ground to the tall roost bar on the little coop. Others eventually followed her lead.
View attachment 1744017 View attachment 1744018
This is the Blue Andalusian Iris. I was wondering if she was going to stay black forever. You can see the grey spots coming in on her chest feathers. Eventually she should be mostly grey. I think. Am pretty sure. Is neat seeing them change colors.
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This is the light EE Tigerlily. We ended up changing her name. I just included both pics so you can see a front and back. That's Hazel looking at the camera in the 2nd pic.
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My hubby was holding one of the EE's and he noticed her legs. He didn't realize that EE's have green legs.

I missed this post earlier today.

I don't think Jasmine's feathers are suppose to look like that.
She might have that frizzle thing going on.
Or sizzle or what ever it's called.