Is this blue or blue MOTTLED?

[shelleyb1969]

I hatched these chicks from shipped eggs, and I'm confused on what color this one is. I know what kind of eggs I paid for, but I'm not sure I got what I was supposed to. Just for the record...the egg seller is NOT a BYC member.

 

[Msbear]

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It is black mottled. Most folks sell out of a blue/black pen so, if you purchased "blue mottled", you hatched a black mottled which is understandable. The buyer should have let you know that both were a possibility.

However, if you purchased "blue" ...you got mottled and that is a different variety.

 

[geebs]

It looks mottled and that particular one is black but carries blue genetics... That happens in the blue genetics...

 

[shelleyb1969]

I purchased blue FRIZZLE bantam cochins...so these are waaaayyyy wrong. Every chick that I hatched is smooth feathered, and there's a few "mottled" ones in the bunch.

 

[Msbear]

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Send these pics to the seller asap! Hopefully, it was a misunderstanding and they can send you some more, correct eggs.

 

[shelleyb1969]

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Send these pics to the seller asap! Hopefully, it was a misunderstanding and they can send you some more, correct eggs.

Thanks msbear. I'm definitely going to send the pics to the seller. And another thing...this seller supposedly doesn't even have mottled cochins!

So this will be interesting.

 

[laughingllama75]

if you bought frizzled birds, the smooth ones are normal. they usually hatch half and half, not sure why you didn't get ANY frizzled though. I usually get 5-6 frizzled and 5-6 smooth if I set a dozen "frizzled" eggs. Cute mottled babies though!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Both blue and frizzle are heterozygous genes. Meaning that you are unlikely to get more than 50% blue and 50% frizzles. This will not be the same 50% for the combined traits, but rather each will be 50% of the entire set--translating to 25% frizzled blue, 25% non-frizzled blue, 25% frizzled black & 25% non-frizzled black.

If you know anything about math probability, it is not actually 50% of the entire set, but a 50% chance for each member of the set. In this case the set is the eggs you purchased. If you have only a few birds the percentages that display one or both of these characteristics can be very different. The larger the set, the closer to the predicted percentages you will come.

If you only want blue frizzled, you need to purchase birds who already display both characteristics, not eggs.

You have no complaint against the seller.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Oops--sorry, I missed part of the information.

Mottle is a recessive gene--it only displays when both parents provide a copy. It is quite possible that the seller does not have mottled birds--however both parents of the birds you received carry a hidden copy.

 

[KinderKorner]

^ Exactly what she said.

I have similar birds. That can produce mottled, blue, frizzle, or any combination. It's all in %. So it is very possible that you were given the correct eggs. Sorry you didn't get exactly what you wanted.