Coloring help

[Fallenone05]

Hey guys! I hatched some eggs about three weeks ago and one is really catching my eye. I've never had a bird colored like this one in my times hatching and I'm really curious about it.

The genetics are a BLRW cock x EE hens of various colors.

Hatch Day


A week later


Around three weeks old



Thanks for the advice in advance! If I need to take pictures of the hens to figure out if we can guess who, then just let me know!

 

[Fallenone05]

Little blue and yellow baby update! Nearly 3 months old now.

 

[Fallenone05]

I'm not sure why I wrote 3 weeks on my initial picture of this guy. They turned 1 month old on the 16th. It feels like forever when they're inside, peeping all day and night.

Here's some updates pictures of them! Taken on 4/21/2021

 

[Fallenone05]

Here's a 5 month update on everyone. The two Sapphire Gems are 4.5 months old and look VERY different from one another, but I like their color variation.

My rooster's comb is so wonky but it suits him.

 

[The Kooky Kiwi]

What a gorgeous chick!
It looks to me like you have something like spangling going on.
On the shoulders I see white feather tips then a black band then your gold colour and what looks like a blue ground colour. Altogether the combination is beautiful.

Please continue to post pictures!!!

 

[Fallenone05]

What a gorgeous chick!
It looks to me like you have something like spangling going on.
On the shoulders I see white feather tips then a black band then your gold colour and what looks like a blue ground colour. Altogether the combination is beautiful.

Please continue to post pictures!!!

Thank you!! I definitely will. When they dried and I could see their blue base I was so excited. I'm wondering if they're the offspring of the BLRW x a hen with barred leakage? I don't remember what she looked like as a chick, color wise, but I've always been super fond of the way she looks as an adult. (Pardon the poops in the picture they're so hard to avoid in their run)

 

[The Kooky Kiwi]

That's one handsome hen right there!!
Do you have a picture of the rooster as well??

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Looks partially laced. Definitely has blue and gold. Could possibly be barred too, time will tell.

 

[Fallenone05]

I've done a little fossicking around and I wonder if what you have there is "Blue Wheaten"?

Found this older thread from BYC which has a chick similar to yours..

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/can-you-explain-the-difference-between-wheaten-and-blue-wheaten-to-me.679560/#:~:text=In the Blue Wheatens, the blue will replace,begin with. Look at their tails and wings.

My rooster was attacked by a dog and had to be put down, unfortunately, but I do have some images of him before he fully matured. He got a little larger afterward. His comb isn't the correct comb shape (should be a rose comb), but he was free and was saved from being culled.



I think this hen is blue wheaten? Correct me if I'm wrong though please! I just realized my black hen has photo bombed nearly all the images of the chickens I have she has to be in front of everything.

 

[Fallenone05]

I should get some updated pictures now that everyone is almost 5 months old.