2 of my bbs copper maran chicks have a red tint to their heads

[woody24477]

im guessing they will end up as splash roos, am i guessing wrong?they have red around eyes and some on backs, they still have a nice blue color fluff but wing feathers coming in look black.

 

[ramirezframing]

looks like blues not splashes

 

[woody24477]

blues with red tint? they came from blue copper roo over splash copper maran hens

 

[ramirezframing]

if I remember right blue and splash= 100% blue

 

[tadkerson]

blue x splash = some blue and some splash

A red tint is not unusual on birchen ( not the variety but the allele) birds; black coppers carry the birchen allele.

Tim

 

[VillageChicken]

Is it not heterozygous Db or perhaps evidence of ER/eWh?