Would you call this a Blue Columbian or just Blue Brahma?
Thanks! I bought him as a Blue but he grew those cool hackle & saddle feathers, so i thought maybe he was a Blue Columbian. The hen I got with him is a solid Blue. I haven't had any red leakage in their young, just that silver color in the males, like the cock bird. I guess i will just call them cool. lol Thanks again Big Medicine!!!In this photo I would call the two white females blue columbians. The red birds are mostly columbian patterned, a splash version of blue on red.
These gals, a blue on red columbian in front, and more of a buff in back.
To call it just a blue would not be accurate either. To my minds eye blue would bring a image off a solid one color bird such as a blue Cochin. I have friends working on blue Brahma large fowl, they were having some issues with red leaking through into the hackles of some males. Their females were a good solid blue, and some males, but would still throw some red leakers occasionally. That could be similar to what you have here
Now the big questions for me are. What pattern/color are the female equivalent ? And can you reproduce the color in a high percentage of offspring ?
As to what I would call it, until the genes are confirmed set, and reproducible, I would call him interesting. Over the years I have had many interesting birds develop in my brooders. A few have gone on to head new side projects, while most were just an interesting combination of genetics, and went on their way to someone's backyard flock, or freezer. Once you have established a uniform looking flock of this color, over several generations, then I would worry as to what to call them.
Oh I LOVE this!! I so hope to be able to show someday.All clean for the show this weekend
