Do all arctic blue eggers look the same?

[IvyBeans]

Hello!

I picked up an arctic blue egger in my last batch of chicks. I’ve seen a few examples of them, and the few I’ve seen look like a legbar. I was just wondering if they all look the same? Do they all have crests? Or are they more like Easter eggers? Right now she looks like a small chipmunk chick. She’s the smallest of my chicks.

 

[debid]

I believe those are cream legbar & brown Leghorn crosses? I'd expect them to show some traits of both to varying degrees.

 

[IvyBeans]

I believe those are cream legbar & brown Leghorn crosses? I'd expect them to show some traits of both to varying degrees.

That’s what I’ve read- they seem to be similar looking hens as far as coloring. So I’m thinking they’re pretty uniform looking hens?

 

[debid]

They have only been selling these for a couple years and I'd imagine they give that disclaimer about egg color so I wouldn't assume these will be as uniform as a more established hybrid. But, they also don't reveal how long they worked on projects before offering them for sale so who knows? Maybe we'll get lucky and someone bought a whole box of them and will share their experience here. I just wouldn't hold my breath on that because they are so new and so limited to, what, one hatchery?

 

[debid]

And other hatcheries are working on their own production blue layer so that will certainly make things interesting as some may be more successful than others.