Assuming that your gold/buff laced are patterned with black, all of your babies will be blue....sounds to me like that might be what happened.I missed being here! (and talking to you, Bumpercarr)I took a little time off. I'm having fun catching up on everyones' posts.
These two babies are in the "backyard brahma" post for a reason - ha!. They are from my small flock of gold/buff laced - but there is a single splash roo in there atm. He is young and I didn't think he was doing rooster business, but they do look blue-ish to me. I need to figure out with the calculator (or all of your help) what I might have created and decide what to do with Mr. Splash
Surprising to me too that a youngster is breeding already, but I have the same situation here. I have an 8 month old and another that is about 10 months old. I put the 10 month old in with the pullets and he just stood there looking at me, he didn't have a clue. On the other hand, Houdini (you can probably guess why the 8 month old is named that) I can't keep out of the pullet pen. He flies over the fence (yes, a brahma that can clear a 5 foot fence), then flies over another fence to get to the pullets. Grabs them, throws them down, does his business and then waits for me to catch him and move him back. I finally gave up and gave him his own girls. You just never know with these darned chickens!