Bantam cochin colors and genders help, please! Blue lemon roo???

[NewChickyMommy]

Is this guy a blue lemon roo??? The picture doesn't do him justice....





Birchen???



I can't remember these babies age, they're all about the same age though. Mottled girl??





Blue? I can't decide on gender?





Obviously a boy, but what color??





Can't decide on gender.... And what color???


Thank you!!!!

 

[Poultry parent]

top two are roos, and beside the little cockerel the others look like pullets, i don't know much about cochin colors though

 

[NewChickyMommy]

top two are roos, and beside the little cockerel the others look like pullets, i don't know much about cochin colors though

Thanks! I knew the big ones were boys I can't figure out their color!

That would be awesome if their girls! I'm def not at a good ratio with roos n hens right now

 

[Poultry parent]

maybe you could keep 2 roos, if you have a lot of space

 

[Poultry parent]

i think that the black and white one is a mottled, the one you think is a blue looks like a blue, the one that you the is a birchen looks like one but the hackles are too yellow. just remember that i don't know that much about their colors this is just what i think they might be

 

[donrae]

Your first boy isn't lemon blue, he's just blue with a lot of mossy color. I had a Marans rooster with similar coloring....



then a birchen, a mottled who is probably a pullet but I'm not positive, those are some red wattles. The rest are cockerels I believe, a blue, and then mixed colors that aren't any specific color.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree with donrae

 

[NewChickyMommy]

Your first boy isn't lemon blue, he's just blue with a lot of mossy color. I had a Marans rooster with similar coloring.... then a birchen, a mottled who is probably a pullet but I'm not positive, those are some red wattles. The rest are cockerels I believe, a blue, and then mixed colors that aren't any specific color.

So should I not breed the blue roo?? They can't be all boys

agree with donrae

Nnnnoooo

not all boys!!

 

[ashtree]

agree with donrae

X2 so sorry. Hopefully the mottled is a girl but I'm not sure.

 

[donrae]

Well, breed for what? He's not going to give you a nice, clean laced blue color that's desired. He can make a variety of different shades of blue offspring, possibly with the mossiness. Fine for backyard birds, not good for show birds.