Breed Identification

[CrazyChickMama22]

Hey everyone, I am a new chicken owner. I’ve had my EE’s for a year now and just added more cuties to my flock. I really wanted Sapphire Gems and got a few from the pullet box at Rural King…. I know what you’re all thinking . Anyway, two of the three I got do look like Sapphire Gems, but my third not so much! She has copper coloring, unlike the others. I thought maybe she was a Blue Copper Maran, but her head is all dark and she only has copper on her chest. I was hoping someone here can help identify her breed, she is roughly around 8 weeks. You can see one of my other girls in the background.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Rhode Island Blue

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Rhode Island Blue

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Also known as a production blue.

 

[snood dude]

Hey everyone, I am a new chicken owner. I’ve had my EE’s for a year now and just added more cuties to my flock. I really wanted Sapphire Gems and got a few from the pullet box at Rural King…. I know what you’re all thinking . Anyway, two of the three I got do look like Sapphire Gems, but my third not so much! She has copper coloring, unlike the others. I thought maybe she was a Blue Copper Maran, but her head is all dark and she only has copper on her chest. I was hoping someone here can help identify her breed, she is roughly around 8 weeks. You can see one of my other girls in the background.

sapphire gems will sometimes have copper coloring

 

[CrazyChickMama22]

Thank you all, I steered clear of Rhode Island Reds because I didn’t want a flock personality clash, are blues the same as RIR or do they have more personality from the Australorp? I am posting my other two, cuz now I’m wondering if they really are Sapphire Gems . They are a bit younger than Stormy (my misfit lol).

 

[snood dude]

Thank you all, I steered clear of Rhode Island Reds because I didn’t want a flock personality clash, are blues the same as RIR or do they have more personality from the Australorp? I am posting my other two, cuz now I’m wondering if they really are Sapphire Gems . They are a bit younger than Stormy (my misfit lol).

you have all sapphire gems aka blue sexlink. they are like black sexlinks which will sometimes be back and copper or just black. sapphire gems will sometimes have copper markings

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

sapphire gems will sometimes have copper coloring

you have all sapphire gems aka blue sexlink. they are like black sexlinks which will sometimes be back and copper or just black. sapphire gems will sometimes have copper markings

That’s not true due to a sapphire gem’s genetics. They are a blue rock x barred rock cross. Neither of the parents have any red, so cannot pass it to their offspring. Black sex links are a Rhode Island red x barred rock cross, which is why they have red leakage. Production blues/Rhode Island blues are a cross of Rhode Island red and blue australorp.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Thank you all, I steered clear of Rhode Island Reds because I didn’t want a flock personality clash, are blues the same as RIR or do they have more personality from the Australorp? I am posting my other two, cuz now I’m wondering if they really are Sapphire Gems . They are a bit younger than Stormy (my misfit lol).

They’re a hybrid, so personality will vary. I’ve never owned them, so I don’t have any firsthand experience.
The other two appear to be sapphire gems.

 

[snood dude]

They’re a hybrid, so personality will vary. I’ve never owned them, so I don’t have any firsthand experience.
The other two appear to be sapphire gems.

i have crossed certain chickens and a gene showed up that neither chicken had

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

i have crossed certain chickens and a gene showed up that neither chicken had

Did you cross a purebred barred bird and a purebred blue one and get a chick with red leakage?
When crossing two mixes without red, it’s entirely possible to get a red chick. Or a white chick. However, when crossing specific purebred birds, there’s certain traits that aren’t possible in the offspring. Genes can’t come from nowhere.