Amberlink or Prairie Bluebell?

[gjfarm]

My neighbor and I ordered chickens from a Amish farm in Iowa that contracts out with major hatcheries. We would like to get them to their new homes before winter. She ordered mixed brown eggs layers and I ordered 5 Prairie Bluebells. Some of the breeds are very obvious, but have 4 of the white/br

own (a smaller breed), 4 of the gray/brownish red, and one totally black! Any clues ?

 

[MysteryChicken]

My neighbor and I ordered chickens from a Amish farm in Iowa that contracts out with major hatcheries. We would like to get them to their new homes before winter. She ordered mixed brown eggs layers and I ordered 5 Prairie Bluebells. Some of the breeds are very obvious, but have 4 of the white/brView attachment 4242784View attachment 4242785own (a smaller breed), 4 of the gray/brownish red, and one totally black! Any clues ?

Prairie Blue Bell.

 

[gjfarm]

My neighbor and I ordered chickens from a Amish farm in Iowa that contracts out with major hatcheries. We would like to get them to their new homes before winter. She ordered mixed brown eggs layers and I ordered 5 Prairie Bluebells. Some of the breeds are very obvious, but have 4 of the white/brView attachment 4242784View attachment 4242785own (a smaller breed), 4 of the gray/brownish red, and one totally black! Any clues ?

Could the gray ones be Sapphire Gems?

 

[GravityWaves]

My neighbor and I ordered chickens from a Amish farm in Iowa that contracts out with major hatcheries. We would like to get them to their new homes before winter. She ordered mixed brown eggs layers and I ordered 5 Prairie Bluebells. Some of the breeds are very obvious, but have 4 of the white/brView attachment 4242784View attachment 4242785own (a smaller breed), 4 of the gray/brownish red, and one totally black! Any clues ?

Both of the varieties pictured should be Prairie Bluebells. I had a couple that looked exactly like this. They can come in black, too. In my experience they take more after their Leghorn heritage (slightly smaller, pretty flighty.) Did you get any extras from them?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Could the gray ones be Sapphire Gems?

Both showed are Prairie Bluebells.

 

[gjfarm]

Could the gray ones be Sapphire Gems?

That's what Hoover said, but I ordered Prairie Blubells.. Hopefully they wouldn't substitute.

 

[gjfarm]

Both of the varieties pictured should be Prairie Bluebells. I had a couple that looked exactly like this. They can come in black, too. In my experience they take more after their Leghorn heritage (slightly smaller, pretty flighty.) Did you get any extras from them?

They white/brown ones are slightly smaller. That's why I figured those were the Amberlinks. Received 5 of each, so can't even go my the number ordered. I kept the grays and sent the whites to my neighbor. Guess time will tell. Also did see some Whiting True Blues that looked exactly like the gray one.

 

[ella2025]

They white/brown ones are slightly smaller. That's why I figured those were the Amberlinks. Received 5 of each, so can't even go my the number ordered. I kept the grays and sent the whites to my neighbor. Guess time will tell. Also did see some Whiting True Blues that looked exactly like the gray one.

Amberlinks tend to be a bit bigger than kind of any blue egger breeds at this age. They are a production breed, and all production breeds other than leghorns tend to be bigger and grow a lot faster.

Here's my amberlink. She is 19 weeks old.