Blue chickens thread

[EM Squared Farms]

This is a fun thread ! We have some blue chickens (I think in 3 of our breeds) ! I'll have to confirm with my son (he's the chicken expert) - exactly which ones.

I know we definitely have Blue Silkies (I rate them by the colors of gray: really light gray, medium gray, and a dark/almost black, like a charcoal gray). I'm sure there might be some technical "chicken terms" of these different blue colors.

We also have (I think) blue Marans. (The rooster is called Copper Blue Splash) What's that Andulasian blue term ? (I think someone mentioned about this chicken).

And I know we have some Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas (bantams). Some hens for sure, not positive about that rooster if he's just Wheaten or Blue Wheaten. Like I said, I'm not the chicken expert. My 12 yr. old son is. I just try and remember some things I pick up from him !

Not sure if those "mystery colored" Ameraucanas count as blue. I think my son called one or two of them lavendar ? (that's a type of blue too, right, the really pale gray ?)

Anyways, all you chicken experts.....you can just see for yourselves on the website with your own expert chicken eyes. I'm sure the pictures speak for themselves about what colors they are.

Does a blue tail count as blue ? (I think my son named one of those Assorted Bantams as having a blue tail but it's mostly white)

Check out all of our chicken pics (and goats and fish if you're interested). I try and update every so often when I have time. Pics are dated in the captions (at least the recent ones)

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Oh my goodness that is a beautifully feathered bird!!!!

I wonder if she'd like to come live with me in NY? Who am I kidding? Of COURSE she would!

Edited to add: Is that a Swedish Flower in your avatar?

Thanks. The avatar is an Olandsk dwarf.

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q204/kimera1/DSC_0038.jpg

I feel a google search coming on!

 

[jeremy]

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Maybe he wanted another bloodline?

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

Frizzled blues are soooo cooool!

Here's our newest blue, isn't it fun to wonder how it will turn out? It's a line-bred two thirds silkie one third rosecomb bantam, the rosecomb is black but the silkie is blue:

This was my favorite blue of all time, Marvin, half blue silkie half black rosecomb, he had the BEST attitude, would fly up onto my shoulder at my call...........he was a lovey-boy.....

For your Blue-Lovin-Eyes, here's the bunch of little blue bantams in their coop last year:

Here's our blue silkie hen, Chloe (but her eggs are duds. They never hatch. She dates the rooster as often as she can, but winds up brooding other hens' chicks):

Here's a photo from the DailyHerald newspaper of our Mr Meatyboy, who went to another BYC member last year, it really shows off the blueness:

...isn't it cool how real, professional photographers can actually capture the essense of something? This photo really said it ALL about Mr. Meatyboy.

 

[JenEric Farms]

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Maybe he wanted another bloodline?

 

[DMRippy]

6chickens in St. Charles :

Frizzled blues are soooo cooool!

Here's our newest blue, isn't it fun to wonder how it will turn out? It's a line-bred two thirds silkie one third rosecomb bantam, the rosecomb is black but the silkie is blue:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25976_line-bred_new_chicks_july_31_2011.jpg

This was my favorite blue of all time, Marvin, half blue silkie half black rosecomb, he had the BEST attitude, would fly up onto my shoulder at my call...........he was a lovey-boy.....
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25976_p140111_1546.jpg

For your Blue-Lovin-Eyes, here's the bunch of little blue bantams in their coop last year:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25976_p120111_1553.jpg

Here's our blue silkie hen, Chloe (but her eggs are duds. They never hatch. She dates the rooster as often as she can, but winds up brooding other hens' chicks):
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25976_04242010498.jpg

Here's a photo from the DailyHerald newspaper of our Mr Meatyboy, who went to another BYC member last year, it really shows off the blueness:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25976_285753.jpg
...isn't it cool how real, professional photographers can actually capture the essense of something? This photo really said it ALL about Mr. Meatyboy.

You have artwork in your chicken coop??? Would have never thought to do that!!! I don't do much of that in the house either. Want to decorate my house?​

 

[Kaelinstorm]

I LOVE THAT COOP! Hah! Its nicer than my house!

 

[Illia]

I only wish my main coop was bright enough to put my own artwork in. . . We've got one coop with a transparent plastic roof, and it is awesome, but only one coop has such.

The Silkie mixes sure are neat

Someone mentioned wondering if there were already blue barred birds or not; I posted a Blue Cuckoo Araucana a while back

However her barring is just the beginning of a long trip for improvement.

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

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You have artwork in your chicken coop??? Would have never thought to do that!!! I don't do much of that in the house either. Want to decorate my house?

The Miro' in the corner is our EE hen's favorite, she goes up there to dust it off and straighten it out now and then. There's a pewter framed Martha Stewart photo holding a BO hen, DH calls that "Mr. Woof's Pin-up" for our Silkie Rooster, Mr. Woof.

I've heard some people hang little mirrors in their coops, so the roo's can check their do's before heading out into the henworld.

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

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OK that makes me wonder: the barred part of a barred bird is blue, right? Does that qualify them as blue?