Gray chick? Not blue....what is it?

[mom2chicksandpups]

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It is not white. It is called Splash. When breeding two blue birds together there is a 50% chance of blue offspring, 25% chance of black offspring, and 25% chance of splash offspring. Splash is white with darker spots of blue in it. Some can have a light blue background as well.

I didn't say this one was white, but that they COULD be white. They can be splash, but they can also be white. I have some, so I know what I'm talking about. I mentioned white, black, blue, or a combination of those colors. The last one is where the "splash" comes in--a combo of the colors.

Here is the description from the McMurray website:
THE COLOR BLUE: A unique genetic feature of this breed is the constant recurrence in the offspring of not only all blue chicks, but also the black, white, and black-white colors used in the original matings many generations ago to produce these blue birds. All of these chicks carry the blue genes and when mated black on white or with other blues in turn produce many blue offspring. In our breeding flocks, however, only blue males of the finest color are used.
Approximately 50% of the baby chicks will be all blue. The other 50% will be black, white, and black/white combinations.

 

[speckledhen]

Then it's probably a splash Andalusian and you also have some blue ones, but post pics of them in a couple of weeks when they are starting to feather out and it will be more clear.

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

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Blue Andalusians do not have feathers on their legs. The one with feathered legs may be a blue Cochin. I have some of these and as chicks they appeared nearly identical to our Blue Andalusians, except for the feathered legs.

 

[NellaBean]

I am going to assume it is a splash andalusian for now......we'll see in a couple weeks! Hopefully it is a she...I have enough HEs to go around here.

The blue feather legged one is definitely not an andalusian. But it does not remind me of my other cochins.....they had way better leg feathers than this guy has. And they were almost the same color as chicks as my black cochins....but googling blue cochin chicks does looke just like him. I would also bet $$ that chick is a he.....

At least since my other cochins turned into 3 blacks, 2 blue cuckoo/barred and 1 weird blue.....maybe I'll have a regular blue now?

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

I had one Cochin that I bought from a flea market that didn't have as many feathers on his legs when I first got him. I wondered if he was mixed with something else. His feathers filled out once he got a bit older, though. I guess he was just slow to feather or maybe it was his diet or something. ??

 

[NellaBean]

My last batch of cochins had super feathered legs from early on. This chick was about 2 weeks old here, so has another week on the new baby, but really......hers were quite impressive! And the new blue chicks are really....NOT. We'll see if they improve....

Last cochin batch's feathers....

 

[nzpouter]

that blue feather legged one has a beard as well.. d'uccle?

Did you get them as bantam/ standard?

 

[NellaBean]

Standard.

And it does not have a single comb......I'm no comb expert but....pea? rose? It has the big flat wide area like the polish chick has. Cochins are supposed to have single combs, right? Pretty sure all my other cochins do....what about brahmas? There aren't blue brahma's, right?

 

[NellaBean]

Here is the comb on the blue one. Maybe it is a cochin mix? What would give it that kind of comb?

And the "gray" chick is definitely splash.....it has little flecks of colors in the feathers that are coming in...you can kind of see them here.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Here is the description from the McMurray website:
THE COLOR BLUE: A unique genetic feature of this breed is the constant recurrence in the offspring of not only all blue chicks, but also the black, white, and black-white colors used in the original matings many generations ago to produce these blue birds. All of these chicks carry the blue genes and when mated black on white or with other blues in turn produce many blue offspring. In our breeding flocks, however, only blue males of the finest color are used.
Approximately 50% of the baby chicks will be all blue. The other 50% will be black, white, and black/white combinations.

McMurray USED to have an accurate description of blue. This is NOT.​