Blue or Black Ameraucana??

[Pandang81]

Not in person. Photos can be affected by lighting, quality of the lens, and even the color/brightness of the monitor or device we are viewing the pictures from.

Black is Black. If she's not black, then she's Blue.

Black is black is in the eye of the beholder. At this age with so much yellow and gray on her still it could go either way with some people in person seeing black and others seeing blue. If she is blue then she’s very dark, almost black blue.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Black is black is in the eye of the beholder. At this age with so much yellow and gray on her still it could go either way with some people in person seeing black and others seeing blue. If she is blue then she’s very dark, almost black blue.

You're not getting what I'm saying. A Black Ameraucana would be Black. The feathers would not have any other hint of color like charcoal, grey, blue, etc. (You might see some white in the primaries until they molt.) At least not until they are older where you may see beetle green or purple iridescence in the sunlight. Blue can be variable. There's dark, medium, and light. Usually breeding Blue to Black deepens the color, while Blue x Blue or even Splash x Splash breedings result in the offspring getting progressively lighter. Basically, if there's any doubt that she's not Black, then she isn't Black.

 

[Pandang81]

You're not getting what I'm saying. A Black Ameraucana would be Black. The feathers would not have any other hint of color like charcoal, grey, blue, etc. (You might see some white in the primaries until they molt.) At least not until they are older where you may see beetle green or purple iridescence in the sunlight. Blue can be variable. There's dark, medium, and light. Usually breeding Blue to Black deepens the color, while Blue x Blue or even Splash x Splash breedings result in the offspring getting progressively lighter. Basically, if there's any doubt that she's not Black, then she isn't Black.

Ok thanks! Where her feathers are actually in she’s pretty dark, a solid color (like the color I’ve attached). As you can see if the color were by itself it might be mistaken for black but when up against black in this picture you can see the difference. She’s not solid black in my opinion thus far but I am not sure because she’s 3 days old…I thought blue would have lacing etc? Do the dark blue tend to lighten up later or darken to almost black?

 

[Painted Calls]

Looks blue to me as well.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Ok thanks! Where her feathers are actually in she’s pretty dark, a solid color (like the color I’ve attached). As you can see if the color were by itself it might be mistaken for black but when up against black in this picture you can see the difference. She’s not solid black in my opinion thus far but I am not sure because she’s 3 days old…I thought blue would have lacing etc? Do the dark blue tend to lighten up later or darken to almost black?

The scalloping/lacing won't be evident until much later. Dark blue will stay consistently dark unless the feathers lighten from sun damage or before a molt. When they molt in the new feathers you'll notice patches of dark vs. light from sun damage usually.

 

[Pandang81]

The scalloping/lacing won't be evident until much later. Dark blue will stay consistently dark unless the feathers lighten from sun damage or before a molt. When they molt in the new feathers you'll notice patches of dark vs. light from sun damage usually.

Thanks for the explanation!

 

[Pandang81]

The scalloping/lacing won't be evident until much later. Dark blue will stay consistently dark unless the feathers lighten from sun damage or before a molt. When they molt in the new feathers you'll notice patches of dark vs. light from sun damage usually.

One reason I question if this chick is black is because I cannot find any Ameraucana pics on Google that are as dark as her wing feathers currently are. The darkest adults on any images I found are lighter so makes me question her color.

 

[Pandang81]

Looks blue to me as well.

Are there many dark blue that end up being slate blue almost black adults like this chick appears to be?

 

[Pandang81]

Uhm okay some more pics…LMK what you think.

@EmmaRainboe

 

[The Moonshiner]

Curious what you're looking for here?
Are you still questioning the color?
Blue can range quite a bit in shade. Yes there can be blue that is that dark.
The chick pic you can see its kind of two toned looking. That's a sign it's blue. Black would be a more all one shade.
The second set with wing feathers look very blue imo also.
So unless the lighting is playing tricks on the pics that chick is blue.