Sapphire Gem?

[kristinhennifer]

This was supposed to be a sapphire gem but the front of her is throwing me off. I’ve never seen a chicken breed with that color pattern.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I've never seen a Sapphire Gem with dark legs like that but SGs are mixed hybrids so it's hard to know what to expect at this point.

 

[kristinhennifer]

I've never seen a Sapphire Gem with dark legs like that but SGs are mixed hybrids so it's hard to know what to expect at this point.

It's very odd! They are from Hoovers. I am interested to see what color eggs it'll lay.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Lol, just about everything from Hoover's is odd anymore.
SGs were created overseas. They were a simple sex linked cross using barring. Unique because it was being done with a blue chicken.
Hoover's was the first Hatchery to start offering them in the states. At the same time they acquired another type of hybrid cross which they named the Calico princess.
After a couple years and I don't know why they begin using their Calico princess in their recipe to make SGs. Those offspring started showing a lot of golden red tone leakage. I don't know what they use now but the Calico princess blood is in their lines. That makes it common for some to have the color bleed similar to yours.
The dark legs still has me curious. They make so many crossbreeds or what they call hybrids that it's hard to keep track of what they're selling and they're notorious for labeling Birds wrong. Maybe they changed the recipe to include something that would throw the dark shanks or maybe it is an entirely different kind of bird. It's really hard to tell with a bird coming from them.

 

[TicaCielo]

Lol, just about everything from Hoover's is odd anymore.
SGs were created overseas. They were a simple sex linked cross using barring. Unique because it was being done with a blue chicken.
Hoover's was the first Hatchery to start offering them in the states. At the same time they acquired another type of hybrid cross which they named the Calico princess.
After a couple years and I don't know why they begin using their Calico princess in their recipe to make SGs. Those offspring started showing a lot of golden red tone leakage. I don't know what they use now but the Calico princess blood is in their lines. That makes it common for some to have the color bleed similar to yours.
The dark legs still has me curious. They make so many crossbreeds or what they call hybrids that it's hard to keep track of what they're selling and they're notorious for labeling Birds wrong. Maybe they changed the recipe to include something that would throw the dark shanks or maybe it is an entirely different kind of bird. It's really hard to tell with a bird coming from them.

Interesting because I have 3 Sapphire Gems (supposedly) and they all have dark legs,.

 

[SJsChickies]

This was supposed to be a sapphire gem but the front of her is throwing me off. I’ve never seen a chicken breed with that color pattern.

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Besides her chest, she looks like my sapphire olive Egger. I’m now realizing that since mine doesn’t have a tuft, she might be a sapphire gem?! Looking at Hoovers website the Gems and Eggers both have dark legs.

I've never seen a Sapphire Gem with dark legs like that but SGs are mixed hybrids so it's hard to know what to expect at this point.

You seem to be the expert on so much….thoughts? This is my sapphire “Olive Egger.” I’m thinking I may never know since Hoovers says the Olive egger can lay brown sometimes lol.

 

[kristinhennifer]

Besides her chest, she looks like my sapphire olive Egger. I’m now realizing that since mine doesn’t have a tuft, she might be a sapphire gem?! Looking at Hoovers website the Gems and Eggers both have dark legs.

You seem to be the expert on so much….thoughts? This is my sapphire “Olive Egger.” I’m thinking I may never know since Hoovers says the Olive egger can lay brown sometimes lol.

That’s a sapphire gem, it will lay brown eggs. I have one identical

 

[SJsChickies]

That’s a sapphire gem, it will lay brown eggs. I have one identical

Dangit! I’ve been hosed! lol. I’ve been excitedly waiting for Olive eggs….guess I don’t have to be so excited anymore