I also have 4 little ones, and mine are 5 weeks old today. Two of the cockerels were obvious well before 2 weeks of age, and the other was obvious at a little over 2 weeks. Those little combs and wattles grew FAST!
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Yay!! pictures?I picked up four Isbars today! Three blacks and a splash! When do these little guys become sexable?
So, I just received my hatching eggs for my first isbars. YEAH! But the color of the eggs are not quite what I expected. Some are definitely green while other are more of a light tan, or tan with spots. Should I be concerned? or is this normal?
What are your hopes/plans for these chickens? There are a couple people here who have reported their hens laying tan.So, I just received my hatching eggs for my first isbars. YEAH! But the color of the eggs are not quite what I expected. Some are definitely green while other are more of a light tan, or tan with spots. Should I be concerned? or is this normal?
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These are terrible pics
Looks like you should be getting some nice green eggs soon.
I was thinking the 'mottled' was not the correct color. So would you call that bird a Silverudd Blue? Interestingly I believe it is also 'rumpless' as shown in the following pictures. (and I think only Araucanas are rumpless)??
I was considering starting a breeding program but would definitely not use any of the black birds.
So, I just received my hatching eggs for my first isbars. YEAH! But the color of the eggs are not quite what I expected. Some are definitely green while other are more of a light tan, or tan with spots. Should I be concerned? or is this normal?
Welcome to Silverudd's Blues!The later imports have been known to have brown or tan eggs. I know you aren't going to crack your shipped eggs, but when they hatch, check the inside of the shell. It should be blue if the hen carries 2 blue genes. That is what you want. If it is white she is heterogeneous for the blue gene and essentially a green/brown/tan egg layer and not true Silverudd Blue. @KYTinpusher explains all this much more eloquently than me.
The later imports of Silverudd Blue's have problems like this as well as red leakage due to being crossed with something else at some point in their history.
Thank you everyone! I will just have to patiently (impatiently) wait till they hatch. I have them separated out in the incubator so hopefully all goes well! I have some Swedish flowering hen eggs in there as well. She told me her stock came directly from greenfire farm, and I would like to breed and sell chicks down the road. That being said, does anyone sell hatching eggs? I will be interested in buying some more hatching eggs a little later this summer. I am super excited to get started on this breed!