Any explanations?

[member 142084]

I only have Orpintongs. Some buff hens and the rest lemon cuckoos. I have recently hatched a few batches of chicks. Now her is what is odd......... all my chickens have pink or pinky white legs. One of my 6 week old chicks had blue legs..........???? Is this possibly some throw-back gene?

 

[Whittni]

Actually, that points to origins of your flock, at some point one of the hens likely was mixed in her bloodline, though she looks purebred from generations of pure mixes.

 

[member 142084]

possibly. The breeder I got my initial cuckoos from had blues, blacks, and lavenders... maybe at one point there was some crossing. And just peeped out in this chick. :/ Either way the feathering is lovely. Should I not breed this one?