Color question

[The Kooky Kiwi]

This really is starting to shape up like that Roo might actually be a very dark blue (and not black). Have you ever hatched chicks from him before??

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I posted this little fluffer on the right at the time on BYC as I was in doubt and everybody told me she was blue based on the down color. She grew into this.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

This really is starting to shape up like that Roo might actually be a very dark blue (and not black). Have you ever hatched chicks from him before??

Yes rest of his chicks where black

this was a chick from him my friend hatched two blacks from him my other chick is black which is only a week old if not blue it sure cant be lavender as both need to be split for that and his parents where a blue am rooster and a blue am hen though this chick is way to light to be black

 

[Poultrybonkers]

This really is starting to shape up like that Roo might actually be a very dark blue (and not black). Have you ever hatched chicks from him before??

Heres younger pics of rooster

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Yes rest of his chicks where black View attachment 2835441this was a chick from him my friend hatched two blacks from him my other chick is black which is only a week old if not blue it sure cant be lavender as both need to be split for that and his parents where a blue am rooster and a blue am hen though this chick is way to light to be black

The rooster could carry lavender, since ameraucanas do have a common lavender variety, and it could be way back in his ancestry. However, I can’t see how a purebred BCM would carry lavender.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

The rooster could carry lavender, since ameraucanas do have a common lavender variety, and it could be way back in his ancestry. However, I can’t see how a purebred BCM would carry lavender.

Actually they can these days as lavender Marans can be made with BCM/split to lavender. The lavender color was introduced several generations back from a lavender Orpington.
Though granted, this is not common.

 

[The Kooky Kiwi]

Heres younger pics of rooster View attachment 2835445View attachment 2835446

Love those beards!!!! <3 <3

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Actually they can these days as lavender Marans can be made with BCM/split to lavender. The lavender color was introduced several generations back from a lavender Orpington.
The granted, this is not common.

I know lavender marans exist, but, as you said, they aren’t very common.

 

[The Kooky Kiwi]

If it were me - at this time - with two possible scenarios (one parent is blue)(or both parents carried a lavender gene) - I'd be looking to hatch more eggs from that pairing! That way you'll see what other results you get - as comparisons

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I know lavender marans exist, but, as you said, they aren’t very common.

I know, just throwing it out there as a very slight though unlikely possibility!