None of my hens have dark eyes, and none are BSLs.
I think they just had made an observation that Black Sexlinks typically have light eyes. For the most part, that is true because often they're made with Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. When compared to the deep brown (almost black) marble looking eyes of an Australorp, they'd certainly appear light. Eye color has everything to do with breed. The APA standard lists exact colors for every breed. While hatchery birds can deviate, for the most part they stick with the trend. Now can a Black Sexlink have dark eyes-absolutely but this suggests that a less common cross is used to create it.
They are certainly not always made from BRs and RIRs.
True. What it sounded like they were saying, though, was that BSLs have “special” eyes that no other bird has.I think they just had made an observation that Black Sexlinks typically have light eyes. For the most part, that is true because often they're made with Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. When compared to the deep brown (almost black) marble looking eyes of an Australorp, they'd certainly appear light. Eye color has everything to do with breed. The APA standard lists exact colors for every breed. While hatchery birds can deviate, for the most part they stick with the trend. Now can a Black Sexlink have dark eyes-absolutely but this suggests that a less common cross is used to create it.
Yep, I got your point
Just wanted to clarify a bit because there seems to be some confusion in the thread!
That wasn't what I was saying, I was saying that most other black breeds have dark mottled eyes. The EE you showed as a example first of all wasn't a black chicken and second I wasn't saying that only BSL have pale orange eyes other not black chickens also have orange eyes, but you skimmed over my post only seeing what you thought was wrong.
