What color is this? Pic heavy

[missevie]

I had posted these two almost a yeqr ago, and everyone agreed on IB. Um...no.lol. They have no blue on them, only green. So... At 1.5 years, what are they. They are a male and a female, but I dont know anything more than that. Cocks name is Herc the Jerk. Hen is Hera ( I know, original right?)

 

[zazouse]

I only see females where is the male?

 

[missevie]

The second pic. That is Herc.

 

[zazouse]

See my 1 year old girl does not have any blue either

But my 1 year old male is getting lots of color

 

[ColbyNTX]

I'm not a pea expert but I agree with Zaz, they are both hens. 1 year males also have spurs and it may be the pics but I can't see any.

 

[missevie]

Beautiful birds. So you think they both are blues? I saw a pic of a blue male and it said he was 6 months, and had a fully colored neck. I never questioned what color those two are because everyone, the experts, all said blues.lol. Making me feel like an all together newbie again

 

[missevie]

But he has brown primaries and barred wings? At 1.5 years, I have no clue what color these two are

 

[ColbyNTX]

Well, you should be able to find a IB cock for pretty cheep and have a nice trio next spring.

 

[missevie]

I have a green spalding male and a silver pied cock. I am good on males. I actually want them to be girls, but according to the big time breeders on here they are male and female.

 

[6littlechickies]

agree with everyone else, two IB females. They do tend to have a greenish coloring on their neck (as opposed to a true blue color).

And if you are talking about this post from last year https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=410658&p=1 I think everyone had said females at that point too.

for comparison, here is a yearling IB male...same male just different angles, looks a lot more blue in one than the other pic.

here's one with a yearling hen in the back, then the male and a pied male as well. all are yearlings.