keeping growth data on your meat birds / chart p. 2

[KatyTheChickenLady]

Yes you remember correctly the chicks legs all started as yellow, but with a bit of pink tinge to them. However they quickly changed to the pink/slate combo you see here. The body skin is white on all of them. I really hadn't paid much attention to that trait, do you think it's undesireable? My Cx's have yellow legs but their skin seems to be pinky white, is thaat unusual?

 

[SteveH]

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The large chicken quarters I buy are yellow skinned , which I prefer just on appearance . I did some researtch and discovered skin color on white skinned breeds can be changed to yellow through diet . Polls showed the majority of American consumers chose a yellow skinned at the grocer , so meaties have sometimes had lutein [ a fatty acid found in eggs , spinach , kale and other places ] added to their diets . I've always thought leg color is often an indicater of skin color ; green shanked EE's generally have yellow skin , slate [ often hatched out nearly white or pink ] or black shanked Ameraucanas have white skin .