How do you get the blue gene in chickens?

[JoJo 95]

i wanna breed blue birds but most don't come in that variety. Can anyone help with this?

 

[JoJo 95]

 

[19hhbelgian]

You want a blue colored chicken and not the blue egg gene correct? Actually a lot of breeds come in a blue. What breed are you looking for that you can't find in blue?

 

[JoJo 95]

That's right. I can't find any blue japanese, turkens, and giants

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

There are folks on here with Blue in the breeds you mentioned. Try posting a wanted ad in the wanted section and see if you get any hits.

 

[Illia]

There are plenty of people with Blue Jersey Giants (I myself just hatched out some beautiful blue, black, and splash chicks!

) There's also a guy who breeds gorgeous blue Turkens, also Nava has some as well.

Blues aren't a rare color at all.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

We had 2 blue Japanese hens we got from a local breeder, but we lost them to a bobcat last summer.

I agree, they exist in all of those breeds. Hope you find what you are looking for!

 

[hoppy]

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there are also lavender birds which may look similar to blue but blue generally also comes with it's friends black and splash. lavender is a recessive gene so both parent have to have it for the babies to be lavender.

 

[19hhbelgian]

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there are also lavender birds which may look similar to blue but blue generally also comes with it's friends black and splash. lavender is a recessive gene so both parent have to have it for the babies to be lavender.

Yes, but lavender is not available in JG's, I haven't seen any mention of lav. turkens (show girls yes, turkens no), and I don't think I've ever seen lavender Japanese either.

Blue is much easier to find, and as another poster said, post a wanted ad for those breeds on the forum. You'll find what you want