Hey guys, is this barring? (Sapphire Gem mighta fooled us all.)

[BigBlueHen53]

All I see is the darker outline around each feather that is characteristic of blue birds (as opposed to lavenders, which don't have it). I don't see barring at all. SG pullet.

 

[McChooky]

I have a beautiful Sapphire Gem that looks like yours and a black Australorp with spurs.Both lay ex lg eggs and are 100% hens

 

[VegaCoyote]

All I see is the darker outline around each feather that is characteristic of blue birds (as opposed to lavenders, which don't have it). I don't see barring at all. SG pullet.

Yeah, the stripey pattern I was worried about only seems to show up on the ends of her wing feathers, and it was difficult to get photos of it at all. It’s just 2 or 3 alternating darker and lighter bands on the end of each primary feather, and it’s pretty faint. Honestly, she was looking un-rooster-y enough that I’d stopped worrying about it until I noticed her lil spurs growing in, then I was like, Uh-oh, better ask the People who Know Chickens.

I do wish I could get some clearer pics of the actual stripeys, but that would probably involve enlisting someone willing to do a photo shoot while I hold Junie’s wing open and Junie screams at us about it, and that seems way more stress than I want to inflict on any of us if there’s an option not to.