Solid color in hatchery barred Cochins

[mercuhrio]

I got seven of these dark chicks from Welp hatchery as "barred bantam cochins", but 3.5 months in and they all look a very solid dark grey. Will the barring still going to show or should I give up such expectations? Thank you all!

 

[Chookwagn]

I got seven of these dark chicks from Welp hatchery as "barred bantam cochins", but 3.5 months in and they all look a very solid dark grey. Will the barring still gonna come or should I give up such expectations? Thank you all!

Barring should show up from their very first feathers

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I got seven of these dark chicks from Welp hatchery as "barred bantam cochins", but 3.5 months in and they all look a very solid dark grey. Will the barring still gonna come or should I give up such expectations? Thank you all!

Wow they are beautiful! But they aren't barred... Can you send a friendly email to the hatchery with these pictures and tell them you didn't get what you ordered?

 

[mercuhrio]

Barring should show up from their very first feathers

So what do you think went wrong? Shouldn't a hatchery of such scale never fail to send actual barred chicks?

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

So what do you think went wrong? Shouldn't a hatchery of such scale never fail to send actual barred chicks?

Maybe a new employee put the wrong ones in the box?

 

[Chookwagn]

So what do you think went wrong? Shouldn't a hatchery of such scale never fail to send actual barred chicks?

Tis hard to tell at day old between black and barred and mottled

 

[mercuhrio]

Wow they are beautiful! But they aren't barred... Can you send a friendly email to the hatchery with these pictures and tell them you didn't get what you ordered?

I agree that they are beautiful! I was more curious about having some barred birds and not super particular about it, so I'm happy with these nonetheless. But still wondered...

 

[mercuhrio]

Tis hard to tell at day old between black and barred and mottled

But that's the thing, these aren't black either, and for sure not mottled! Or are they black and will still turn from this dark grey to full black?

 

[Chookwagn]

I agree that they are beautiful! I was more curious about having some barred birds and not super particular about it, so I'm happy with these nonetheless. But still wondered...

These 4 are all different
The 2 black ones are almost identical at this age but 1 is black and the other is black mottled
barred ones look the same as well

 

[NatJ]

But that's the thing, these aren't black either, and for sure not mottled! Or are they black and will still turn from this dark grey to full black?

If they are dark grey but not black, they might be blue.
Dark blues can look almost the same as blacks when they are chicks.