BCM Question

[coolcanoechic]

This girl is 15 weeks old. Is the white on her face going to disappear like the rest of the white she had when she was younger?
Just wondering. Thanks.

 

[coolcanoechic]

I guess I should be a little more specific. The light color is her skin. It looks like a light gray color. Will it darken as she gets older?

 

[Debbi]

As she gets closer to point of lay, it should redden up. She should start to lay around 20-30 weeks old. Most of mine on average start to lay around 23 weeks.

 

[hdowden]

i would be concerned that she doesn't have any copper on her hackles right now. comb and wattles on pullets start to turn red when they are close to laying

 

[snowbird]

This girl is 15 weeks old. Is the white on her face going to disappear like the rest of the white she had when she was younger?
Just wondering. Thanks.

I see nothing to worry about on your young pullet, if you plan on breeding to the SOP just breed to a male with nice Copper color.

 

[hdowden]

i could use her to mellow out the copper/red on our roo

 

[coolcanoechic]

I may be wrong, but don't BCM's come in both total black and also with the copper collar? I'm confused now.

 

[Debbi]

Yes, they do, but if she is a product of a Black Copper parent(s), she carries the copper gene whether she expresses it or not. I have had a few hens here that did not show any copper at all until after their adult molt at about a year of age. A pure Black is very hard to come by, just because she may show pure black, doesn't mean she is one. I think your gal is fine, and right on target for her age.