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There are no visible bars on any of the blues anymore so I guess it was just an oddity of the developing lacing. I can no longer tell the blue chicks that had the yellow wash from the ones that didn't. I'll watch for signs of red leakage to reveal possible Production Blues from my assortment.
I don't see any yellow-skinned blue birds yet, though I haven't individually examined the undersides of all the feet, but when I need to sort Blue Plymouth Tint from Blue Australorp that ought to be the tell if I understand correctly.
Here's the red chick, aka "Hot Wings". She has indeed lost her patterning and developed really YELLOW yellow legs:
I really cannot tell one red breed from another except for knowing that Production Red hens have a lot of white in them.
There are no visible bars on any of the blues anymore so I guess it was just an oddity of the developing lacing. I can no longer tell the blue chicks that had the yellow wash from the ones that didn't. I'll watch for signs of red leakage to reveal possible Production Blues from my assortment.
I don't see any yellow-skinned blue birds yet, though I haven't individually examined the undersides of all the feet, but when I need to sort Blue Plymouth Tint from Blue Australorp that ought to be the tell if I understand correctly.
Here's the red chick, aka "Hot Wings". She has indeed lost her patterning and developed really YELLOW yellow legs:
I really cannot tell one red breed from another except for knowing that Production Red hens have a lot of white in them.
