Black Jersey Giant ??

[Cold Canadian]

So I have Jersey Giants from two breeders and one flock the Rooster is displaying a golden flex on his wings and some is showing up around his neck as well ? These are the black version and I'm a bit thrown off by the flexing ? Is this a sign that they are not pure ? On some of the chicks the shanks are black with yellow on the underside of the foot , and some are black on the underside of the foot ?? I was under the understanding that they should be yellow if they are pure in all the aspects of color ?? Any Ideas ??

 

[jeslewmazer]

Have you tried posting here.....Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion....link... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=277387

 

[Cold Canadian]

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I did , but it seemed like my question was more on a breed 's question then the actuall breed ? But I'll repost on there as well .
Thanks

 

[jeslewmazer]

Well, I would not be much help as I have never owned any. But, any black breed I have owned, if they were not pure would have discolorations.
This is in no way a Black Jersey Giant, but his color is affected by the sun. He is pure, but in the sun he has a rustic red coloring in his shoulders and such, but you can't see it out of the sun. It is pretty neat.

I don't know if that helps much.

 

[Cold Canadian]

It's just that the flexing looks like gold and I'm trying to find out which breed has that flex on the wings / neck ?

 

[aoxa]

WOW.. I don't know, but THAT IS ONE PRETTY ROO!

 

[jeslewmazer]

If he is not pure, then the gold flaking could come numerous breeds. The black would mask or darken other colors. He could still be breed to be set as pure. Do you have any pictures of the roo in question??

 

[Lothiriel]

One of the members here has a BJG with gold leakage. I can't remember who it was, but the rooster had gold flecks in his hackles, but he was pure.

It might have been speckledhen... but I'm not sure...

 

[NYREDS]

Occasionally this happens in black birds. For show purposes it's a disqualification but it's not all bad news. It can be useful in the breeding pen. Using a male with this colour leakage will produce females with good sheen to their feathers. Many years ago I had some pretty good Black Rosecombs. I always kept one male with some red/gold leakage for this purpose.