Is this a Sapphire Gem pullet?

[C Siena]

I purchased her as a 2-3 day old SG from RK.
first pic is 5 wks, second is 7 wks, third is 9 wks, fourth is 13 wks, fifth is 14.5 wks
I ask because the last pic is of our SG? that is 2 years old. She lays greenish eggs not brown. She was hatched from BYM.

I think the young one is a pullet, am I correct?

I forgot to include our 2 yr old.

 

[Jener8or]

Yep, pullet. Cockerels would be barred.

The 2nd is just a BYM. A Sapphire Gem is a cross breed so they don't breed true.

 

[C Siena]

Yep, pullet.

Thanks. I understand SGs will look different as they are a mix but our 2 yr old has such a red comb and did from an early age.

I wanted to check as out of 6 purchased, one BSL is a BR looking cockerel, so much for purchasing sex links.

Do you know of any SGs that lay greenish eggs, can be olive drab, but not the typical brown egg?

Thanks for telling me about the barring.

 

[Jener8or]

Thanks. I understand SGs will look different as they are a mix but our 2 yr old has such a red comb and did from an early age.

I wanted to check as out of 6 purchased, one BSL is a BR looking cockerel, so much for purchasing sex links.

Do you know of any SGs that lay greenish eggs, can be olive drab, but not the typical brown egg?

Thanks for telling me about the barring.

Right, you never know what could happen at the hatchery or thereafter!

Sapphire Gems generally lay light brown eggs, but if a Sapphire Gem was bred with a cockerel or rooster that carried a blue egg gene, their offspring could lay greenish eggs (brown egg gene + blue egg gene = green/olive egg layer or carrier).

 

[ShrekDawg]

Thanks. I understand SGs will look different as they are a mix but our 2 yr old has such a red comb and did from an early age.

I wanted to check as out of 6 purchased, one BSL is a BR looking cockerel, so much for purchasing sex links.

Do you know of any SGs that lay greenish eggs, can be olive drab, but not the typical brown egg?

Thanks for telling me about the barring.

Male sex links look just like pure Barred Rocks so he could still be a sex link.

 

[ShrekDawg]

As for this one, yes it’s a pullet.

 

[C Siena]

Male sex links look just like pure Barred Rocks so he could still be a sex link.

I have a male BSL = looks just like BR, that I'm hoping to re-home Thur. So much for hatcheries being able to "tell" the difference in sex links.

It's not the store error but the hatchery.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I have a male BSL = looks just like BR, that I'm hoping to re-home Thur. So much for hatcheries being able to "tell" the difference in sex links.

It's not the store error but the hatchery.

Ahhhh okay that makes sense. I guess he could technically be pure BR too.

 

[C Siena]

Ahhhh okay that makes sense. I guess he could technically be pure BR too.

I don't think so as he would need to have both parents BR to be pure and then have pure BR chicks. This BSL cockerel probably only has 1 BR or barred parent. I'm guessing this as I'm still learning the genetics.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I don't think so as he would need to have both parents BR to be pure and then have pure BR chicks. This BSL cockerel probably only has 1 BR or barred parent. I'm guessing this as I'm still learning the genetics.

Ahhhh okay that makes sense