Very pretty girls and pretty eggs! Actually all Isbars should carry the genes for brown eggs as it a blue shell with a brown coating that makes green eggs. Your pullet that lays brown lacks the blue egg gene, but she should still be a very good layer for you.These are my eggs from my 3 that are laying so far. Yes, one of my blues carries the gene for the brown egg. I personally don't mind as I have no intentions of breeding her, but Sandy who I bought them from was very kind and apologetic and offered me another pullet free which was very kind I thought.
Have heard that sometimes feather picking can indicate a lack of salt.Yes that's what I meant sorry. I've actually spent the last few weeks going through all the posts in this thread and read all about it, just had a brain fart. I've been extremely happy with all their laying, they all average about 4-5 eggs per week with no slow down with the cold weather.
I'm having the strangest issue with pecking right now with one of them but other than that they are magnificent birds. My oldest black Isbar is getting pecked, started on the side of her neck and has now moved down to her breast, I believe it's one of her blue sisters but am not 100%. I've covered all the usual bases, I only feel them high quality food and have added a multiflock 28% protein additional option. They have toys and perches and plenty of space, plus they free range almost every day so I know it's not bordom. No one has mites. But what's even more strange is that the pecking never breaks the skin, or even really irritates it for that matter it's as though they are just going for feathers. And she doesn't mind, never fusses, will still hang out with her pals, eats drinks and lays regularly. Just strange. I've been applying pick no more and am hoping it will just sort itself out.
Interesting that color variation. Is this also the one that lays the non-green egg? I really like the dark slate legs on that chicken too.This is one of them, picture was taken before she was mine, chicken in the back is not mine. I was told the copper around the next is not as desirable of a trait for the isbars so the breeder was trying to breed them out so I was offered these three at a slightly discounted rate. Doesn't bother me none, in the future if I was to get more I suppose I'd try to get one with a little more dark grey hackle feathers but I'm happy with the copper.
