Is This Splash?

[3KillerBs]

One of my presumed Blue Australorps seems to have black feather. Is it some kind of oddity like the white wingtips that is likely to vanish in the juvenile molts or have they sent me a splash (possibly in my brown-layer assortment)? Welp advertises the Blue Australorps as all blue, not Blue/Black/Splash.

 

[Painted Calls]

Looks splash to me.

@Overo Mare What do you think?

That head is awfully dark for splash. I agree the body looks splash though. Should be interesting to see in a few weeks.

 

[3KillerBs]

That head is awfully dark for splash. I agree the body looks splash though. Should be interesting to see in a few weeks.

If he is a Splash Australorp he'll move up to the top of the "Who should I keep?" list since I want to breed the blues.

Also, I think it is male.

I don't know if I have any stealth males in this order, but I sure have a bunch of obvious ones. By 3 weeks I was sure of that.

6 or 7 -- which would be all the straight runs, the spare chick, and one "oops" among the sexed females.

 

[cherrynberry]

One of my presumed Blue Australorps seems to have black feather. Is it some kind of oddity like the white wingtips that is likely to vanish in the juvenile molts or have they sent me a splash (possibly in my brown-layer assortment)? Welp advertises the Blue Australorps as all blue, not Blue/Black/Splash.

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Looks splash to me.

@Overo Mare What do you think?

 

[cherrynberry]

Also, I think it is male.

Me too.

 

[3KillerBs]

More photos of the boy, and of his sister, who also has a black feather or, at least, a fleck of black. They have yellow feet, so they aren't Australorps.

 

[cherrynberry]

More photos of the boy, and of his sister, who also has a black feather or, at least, a fleck of black. They have yellow feet, so they aren't Australorps.

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The boy has white skin. I can't quite tell for the girl. Looks more like yellow skin.

 

[3KillerBs]

The boy has white skin. I can't quite tell for the girl. Looks more like yellow skin.

The feet are quite yellow. Look at the photo I just posted on the other thread about the barred boy for comparison.

It's a bright, overcast morning and I took all the photos within 5 minutes in natural light against a neutral background.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Also, I think it is male.

 

[cherrynberry]

The feet are quite yellow. Look at the photo I just posted on the other thread about the barred boy for comparison.

It's a bright, overcast morning and I took all the photos within 5 minutes in natural light against a neutral background.

The shank color is different than the skin color in this example. I still think he has white skin!

The white can be pink-ish as well.