please post pics of your blue chickens!!

[Kansaseq]

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She's beautiful!

 

[shandiane78]

Sure, and no offense taken! The bit about blue sex link hens is at the bottom (I put in bold).

http://www.small-farm-permaculture-and-sustainable-living.com/black_sex_link_chickens.html

Barred Plymouth Rock hen matings

Barred/cuckoo hen matings that result in female solid black sex link chickens are many and varied.

To achieve female black sex linked chickens you can mate her with roosters that are of any of the following colors...

• Double Gold Laced (e.g. Barnevelder)

• Solid Lavender (e.g. Australorp)

• Solid Black (e.g. Australorp)

• Black Patterned Silver Laced (e.g. Silver Laced Wyandotte)

• Black Mottled (e.g. Ancona)

• Black Patterned Red Columbian (e.g. Rhode Island Red)

• Silver Columbian (e.g. Sussex)

• Black Patterned Gold Columbian (e.g. New Hampshire)

Brown (e.g. Leghorn) roosters with cuckoo/barred hens will produce:

Cockerel chicks that have yellow beak, shanks and toes, and are black on top of body with a white spot. The pullet chicks have black/dark beak, shanks and toes, and are all black on top.

Pic: Brown Leghorn rooster

Buff (e.g. Buff Orpington) roosters with cuckoo/barred hens will produce:

Cuckoo/barred cockerel chicks (in brown or grey tones). The hens will be either solid brown or solid black sex link chickens.

Similarly, blue roosters (e.g. Blue Orpington or Australorp) mated with the same color hens will produce:

The usual grey tone cuckoo/barred roosters; The hens in this case will be either solid blue or solid black sex link chickens.

 

[Wynette]

The blues are my favorites!

Here's my "blue copper" olive egger:

ACK! She broke the tip of her beak off!

Here she was as a day old:

Another blue olive egger (this is sweetie):

Here's my all-time favorite roo, Jethro (Blue Jersey Giant):

 

[M To The Maxx]

Interesting. Good to know.

 

[Keri78]

This is a pic of my "Silvie" she is a sweetheart! She's still young(only 5mths.) got her from ideal-poultry.com with some other giant cochins....nice nice nice quality!(says a Proud Mommy!)

PS. I LOVE Jethro! GORGEOUS!

 

[shandiane78]

Oh, and thank you Kansaseq! To me, she's the prettiest of my flock. Though our new GL Wyandotte gives her a little competition.

 

[Wynette]

Thanks, Keri! Yeah, he's a really good boy, too! It will be a sad day when he's gone. Your Cochin girl has such pretty eyes...it's like she's looking right into your soul!

 

[Brindlebtch]

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hatcheries only have EEs-which could lay any color-i think!
there are alot of EEs out there you could get instead of hatchery-but thats just me

Ever see a male ostrich during breedinf season? Their shanks turn BRIGHT red!

 

[dinahmoe]

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she is pretty!

 

[dinahmoe]

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now i have to add giants to my list!!
the list is getting longer instead of shorter.