Cochin Color

[StaffordChicken]

We recently recieved some 1 wk old cochins and one was supposedly was black and another blue but we had a blue before which was a light blueish grey color but this is the lightest one and looks black to me what are your thoughts?

compared to this definitely confirmed blue cochin....

 

[perfectly_polish]

Looks like a black cochin, too dark for a blue.

 

[CA Bean]

Mine looks just like that and I think he is suppose to be a black Cochin but I am no expert what so ever on them. It is my first one.

 

[StaffordChicken]

Okay I believe its a black too which I'd be thrilled to have either because cochins are amazing but two blacks is just fine with me! Plus he/she seemed TOO dark to be blue.

 

[cthrash1]

It could have the blue gene in it though and came out black.

 

[StaffordChicken]

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I think its black but it is lighter than its brother who I did not have a picture of. The wing feathers are black thats for sure.

 

[Frizzledhen]

The top pix looks blue to me and the 3rd pix looks like a splash.

 

[StaffordChicken]

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The third picture is our true blue cochin. She was a light greyish color compared to the other two pics in which that one looks like a black cochin.

 

[Frizzledhen]

OK, what is a true blue cochin? The judges are going to look for a dark blue with nice lacing. My splashes all looked like the third pix. They were all very light in color, light grey with a few darker feathers. Blue breeding can produce blue, black and splash. The top pix looks blue to me because it has a bluish black color on it's wings and the fluff under the tail. I had many chicks that looked black but turned out dark blue.
Just curious as to the definition of a "true blue".

 

[LilPeeps]

Do you have better pics of that last one? From that angle, it looks like a splash, not a blue. The one in the first pics is a black.