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lilcrow said:
Making an assessment from a picture is very difficult but from what I think I'm seeing I believe you have Blue chicks. There is such a wide range of color when breeding Blues that you can have chicks that look black but when they mature - sometimes after the first or second molt - they develop the very desirable Navy Blue color. A lot of folks like the light blue color, and it is pretty, but it is not what you try to breed for if you are an exhibitor.
As far as how you could end up with Black chicks when you ordered Blue, you are working with the Andalusian gene which produces Blue, Black and Splash. The only way that you can end up with 100% Blue chicks is to breed a Splash colored bird to a Black bird. Looking at the first pictures of your chicks where you are showing the white feathers, I suspect even more that they are Blue. That just looks more like the white I've seen on the Blues than on the Blacks.
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Good information. Thank you! I have avoided the Andalusian blue because there are so many variables. I did get a Blue Mottled girl as part of a pair. I was buying the Black Mottled roo to improve type in my Mille Fleurs and she came with. She is just so pretty I can't resist.
This is a pic from December shortly after I got her. She has filled out even more since. I've got to get out to take some more pics!
 
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lilcrow said:
Making an assessment from a picture is very difficult but from what I think I'm seeing I believe you have Blue chicks. There is such a wide range of color when breeding Blues that you can have chicks that look black but when they mature - sometimes after the first or second molt - they develop the very desirable Navy Blue color. A lot of folks like the light blue color, and it is pretty, but it is not what you try to breed for if you are an exhibitor.
As far as how you could end up with Black chicks when you ordered Blue, you are working with the Andalusian gene which produces Blue, Black and Splash. The only way that you can end up with 100% Blue chicks is to breed a Splash colored bird to a Black bird. Looking at the first pictures of your chicks where you are showing the white feathers, I suspect even more that they are Blue. That just looks more like the white I've seen on the Blues than on the Blacks.
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The second set of pics after my comment are totally different chicks. only when i use the flash on my camera do the big chicks look like they are blue, i natural lighting they are completely black with the white tips! If in fact they do turn out to be a navy blue I would love it. But being these are hatchery chicks we will see how they turn out.
 
This girl is a mess, you need to ship her to me.
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mjgigax said:
Good information. Thank you! I have avoided the Andalusian blue because there are so many variables. I did get a Blue Mottled girl as part of a pair. I was buying the Black Mottled roo to improve type in my Mille Fleurs and she came with. She is just so pretty I can't resist.
This is a pic from December shortly after I got her. She has filled out even more since. I've got to get out to take some more pics!
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I finally found some standard Partridge Cochins! Just wondering how much you all think is a reasonable price to pay for hens that are over a year old?
 
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mjgigax said:
Good information. Thank you! I have avoided the Andalusian blue because there are so many variables. I did get a Blue Mottled girl as part of a pair. I was buying the Black Mottled roo to improve type in my Mille Fleurs and she came with. She is just so pretty I can't resist.
This is a pic from December shortly after I got her. She has filled out even more since. I've got to get out to take some more pics!
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OMG she is a beauty...."Slapping self'", as I don't need, want, desire, or hunger for, another project. Yeah, right~!
 
tiki244 said:
As in just over a year? Rhetorically speaking; How much do you want them? How much can you afford? How much are you in love with them?
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My 49th Birthday is coming up next month and I REALLY want a LF Buff roo for my girl Peaches. When I told my husband what to be prepared to pay his response was, "For one bird!" I said, "Just be glad I'm not asking for a face lift for my Birthday."
 
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