Jean,
Thanks for the reply. I got these as chicks from Whitmore Farms in Maryland. (
http://www.whitmorefarm.com/content/5088)
I
do have one male black hybrid/EE, Boychik, who has yellow legs; he also had the delayed feathering that allowed me to identify him as a male at a week or so, and has black and white primaries. He was the first to develop a comb, has rudimentary wattle bumps, is one of the largest, and was the first to crow. His eyes are more pale and more red than any of the others. He was the lead roo-let until recently and is a favorite of mine (and several pullets) – so I have several pictures of him. I toyed with keeping him for the delayed feathering trait, but have pretty much decided to send him to Freezer Camp because of his other bad traits. I assume you agree with this assessment?
All of the blues and blue splashes (?) have slate legs; all of the
other blacks have black legs. As far as I can tell, no one has green legs. Everyone, including Boychik, has full ear muffs and beards. Everyone (besides Boychik) has reddish brown eyes and pea combs - though they are only undeveloped bumps in the pullets. No one (besides Boychik) has even a hint of wattles.
There are a few male blues, and a few that I call blue splashes because they have (very few) black and/or white feathers, but are mostly blue. I have two male blacks who are almost identical – they are the largest cockerels at almost 18 weeks. I am thinking that these are the ones I should keep, primarily for their size, but then I waffle and think I should keep one of the blues or a splash in hope of lightening the color of the blues - the blacks seem to pant more in the Texas heat. My indecision is what has sent me to this thread. (Can you tell I am a complete newbie? Lol.)
I will take pictures when I can, with luck this afternoon.
If you have a Facebook account, I have many, many pictures of them posted there (as public). The ones I uploaded here are more of the closer pictures, though.
Cheers,
Kibi