What color BBS ameraucana am I?

[AHappychick]

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no they are not splash I have some that are older I posted a pic above

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

So far these guys are less chatterboxes and more like screaming banshees! They are hen raised and are still in the "ACKK!! Danger Will Robinson!" stage. I'm slowly winning them over with treats and a little petting. Hopefully they will all settle down and be sweetie pies.

There are two definitely black, three definitely blue and these two surprise babies. I'm hoping for a blue roo out of this lot. That should give me a great start to my breeding program. I think the BBS lines are so pretty! Can't wait to see them completely feathered out.

 

[nivtup]

OK

In this picture

That one feather by the tail shows a splash, therefore two copies of the blue gene.

I can't tell on the others.

Splash is very variable (kind of redundant sounding).

In this photo, when looking at the birds with thier heads in the feeder, starrting on the left and going clockwise, Marans?, Blue, Light Blue (possibly splash), blue, splash, splash, Marans?

Next layer of birds back, black and splash.

Now taking cover

But then again I may be wrong

 

[AHappychick]

could be wrong nivup, but i think it is light blue I guess. and yes it a maran then the blue, light blue, blue, splash, light blue, marans or at least thats what it seems. I have a few of each of those 3 colors I was calling it light blue but did not realize that was the offical name for it.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I agree with Speckled Hen & Nivtup.

Splashing doesn't always develop immediately, and the amount of splashing is variable. Some splashes have many dark splashes; others only a very few. The background colour can vary from white to medium slate.

Happy Chick, the bird at the right between the ones you identify as splash and marans looks like another splash to me. I see darker splashing on her side and near her tail. "Light blue" is not an official name, lol, just a descriptor/clarifier about the blue. ("Light brown," on the other hand...)