What breed is this?

[Blondiegoldiechicks]

I looked online, there's a few I found. Blue autralorp, sapphire gem, or blue Plymouth rock, or Orpington.
Does not have feather on the legs.
I got her with 3 others. I segregated them for 2 weeks and now they're with my flock. I'm hoping someone knows what breed she is. She's very sweet and gentle

Thank you in advance

 

[Tonyroo]

You need leg and profile picture of the bird.

 

[Cool_Catrules456]

I looked online, there's a few I found. Blue autralorp, sapphire gem, or blue Plymouth rock, or Orpington.
Does not have feather on the legs.
I got her with 3 others. I segregated them for 2 weeks and now they're with my flock. I'm hoping someone knows what breed she is. She's very sweet and gentle

Thank you in advance

Probably a sapphire gem, judging by the body shape. A blue plymouth rock is also possible, If it has blue/ slate legs with pink feet its an orpington, if yellow its a blue Plymouth. For sapphire gems it will be the same as an orpinton. But orpington is unlikely due to rhe lacing pattern.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Probably a sapphire gem, judging by the body shape. A blue plymouth rock is also possible, If it has blue/ slate legs with pink feet its an orpington, if yellow its a blue Plymouth. For sapphire gems it will be the same as an orpinton. But orpington is unlikely due to rhe lacing pattern.

This is simply not true. Blue Plymouth Rocks are incredibly rare and are not offered by hatcheries. Some hatcheries label Blue Sexlinks or Production Blues as Blue Plymouth Rocks but that is not true. Sapphire Gems often have yellow skin, not pink. Depending if the skin color is white, I would guess Blue Orpington is the most likely due to eye color.

 

[Cool_Catrules456]

This is simply not true. Blue Plymouth Rocks are incredibly rare and are not offered by hatcheries. Some hatcheries label Blue Sexlinks or Production Blues as Blue Plymouth Rocks but that is not true. Sapphire Gems often have yellow skin, not pink. Depending if the skin color is white, I would guess Blue Orpington is the most likely due to eye color.

Oh, sorry! I just looked up pictures of them and found most of them had those feet color. The only breeds out of all of these I have is a lavender orpington and the sapphire gem. I honestly had no clue there are blue orpingtons. I thought it was lavender, buff, white, and black only. I was thinking of lavender orpington sorry! And my sapphire gem has pink feet so I thought it was normal. And I did not know blue plymouths where so rare.

 

[3KillerBs]

A standing, side profile photo will be helpful. Also the bird's age.

Where are you located? And where did the bird come from? Hatchery? Farm store? Backyard breeder?

Is she laying yet? If so, what color?

As a *general* rule in the USA, a blue chicken from a hatchery or farm store that has yellow soles on it's feet is a Sapphire Gem and one with white soles on it's feet is a Blue Australorp. But there are also colored "egger" mixes that come in blue and may not have any distinguishing characteristics in their looks to set them apart.

Additional photos from different angles, particularly in natural light, and some close ups of the feathers, especially on the chest could clear up another possibility. I don't see lacing on her feathers, which a blue bird *ought* to have -- though some blues, especially palers ones, don't have good lacing. Neither do I see the dark head that females of the blue breeds are supposed to have.

Here's one of my paler Blue Australorps for comparison:

You can see that even though her coloring is lighter than ideal, she does have noticable lacing and a darker head.

Here are two of my better-colored Blue Australorp ladies (a little out of focus but you can still see the dark heads and the lacing):

And here is the reason I'm asking these questions, Silver, who managed to masquerade as a Blue Australorp for about 9 months but who was eventually revealed to be a Lavender Orpington when her feathers showed the common lavender problem of shredding:

So, what I'm wondering is if your bird *could* be a Lavender Orpington -- if she has white feet, a pale color, no lacing, and a head that isn't significantly darker than her body.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Probably a sapphire gem, judging by the body shape. A blue plymouth rock is also possible, If it has blue/ slate legs with pink feet its an orpington, if yellow its a blue Plymouth. For sapphire gems it will be the same as an orpinton. But orpington is unlikely due to rhe lacing pattern.

I have a blue English Orpington with exquisite lacing

 

[FunClucks]

Well, I know it's not a Prairie Bluebell Egger. I agree with previous posters, need more views of feet, legs, front and side while bird is standing naturally. What color and size eggs does your hen lay? Also it could be an easter egger or olive egger. Is it from a hatchery originally (which one?), or a breeder, or barnyard mix maybe?

(Not a PBB because there is no pea comb, no spottiness in the color of the blue feathers - PBB will have random darker gray feathers scattered throughout, wrong body shape/size and pillow shape/size - PBB bodies are more triangular in the top view and have roundish poofy pillows.)

 

[FunClucks]

I have a blue English Orpington with exquisite lacing

Pictures??? Sounds pretty!

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Pictures??? Sounds pretty!

Delilah, 25 weeks in this pic