@nicalandia
There has been some discussion on the Picture of the Week thread about my super-dark Blue Australorp pullet, Charcoal:
Some people aren't believing that I don't have any Silkie-cross, Ayam Cerami-cross, etc. birds and that she's just gypsy-faced.
So I managed to catch her today and get some bad, awkwardly-posed photos to more clearly show her features -- including the white soles on her feet -- to prove that she doesn't actually have black skin.
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In the sunlight it's clear to see that she's NOT black.
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Unlike her hatchmate, whom you ID'd as half California White in this post:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/attachments/0809221017f-jpg.3235987/ who is clearly black:
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I may have another of these very dark blues in my youngest batch too, but I can't be sure for a while since it's only 8-9 weeks old:
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Any idea what's going on with her genetically? Just the natural variability in shades of blue or something specific?