chiBlue Splash Marans?

[christinedo]

Hi, I bought was was told to me to be Blue Marans. I paid an arm and leg for them and was told they are Bev Davis lines. This last hatch of hers produced three white and black speck chicks along with 3 blues and two blacks. All have feathered legs. No other chickens are in this pen except the one roo and hen. Can someone tell me what a splash blue looks like? If they exist? And are these black ones just throw backs? The black specks seem to be getting more or bigger then when they were born. Thanks for all answers. You can send me email with your answer too...... thank you [email protected] (p.s. I need to sell them but want to be sure of what they are before doing so.)

 

[pips&peeps]

If you are breeding blue to blue, you will get blue, black and splash chicks. Splash chicks generally hatch out a yellowish color with some blue tinting. As they mature they will be a white with light to very dark blue shading (ticking) on them.

 

[Chris09]

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The three white and black speck chicks should be Splash.

Blue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash
Blue X Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash
Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Splash X Black = 100% Blue
Black X Black = 100% Black
Splash X Splash = 100% Splash

Chris

 

[AinaWGSD]

The blue color does not breed "true." That is, blue bred to blue will not produce 100% blue chicks. Some of the chicks will be blue, some will be black, and some will be splash. The only way to get a 100% blue hatch would be to breed a black to a splash.

 

[christinedo]

Ok, Thank you all so much for this info!