Is this a blue or a black cochin? PICTURES included.

[Sock Puppet]

Here's mine for comparison, they are all black, came from black parents...

As babies....

Here's the lightest one I have...

Current pic..

Dont know if that helps or not

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

Those do help. The feathering on the ones I have are much lighter. More of a darker grey but the foot feathers are light grey. Does this mean they are for sure blues? I need to take some pictures and post new ones.

 

[Sock Puppet]

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If the foot feathers are coming in grey then my guess would be for sure a blue

Because if it was a black chick the foot feathers would be black.

 

[ChooksChick]

I had the same question about mine, and she still has some lovely white wing tips, but is clearly going to be black- even though she has blue on her foot feathers.

 

[tiki244]

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My black one looks like that. Black I HOPE!!!!!! I have two blues, I think, but that one I have better be black!!! lol It is so hard to tell at that age. I think the ones that have a little lighter in them when they are babies have a better sheen to their black feathers when they are adults.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

These chicks did all end up being black. But they were ALL very beautiful!