Thank you all for this thread. It has been very helpful in learning about this breed. I just picked up 3 Sapphire Gems at TSC on Friday. So far I am loving their very sweet temperments. I was burned last spring with all roosters so I thought I would stay safe with sex-link pullets. Though I hear that may not always be the case with this particular breed. Here are my girls. Gem (may not be very original but really fits her). Jazz (short for Jasmine is very spunky and if one turns out to be a roo I would bet on this one). And Penny short for penguin because that is exactly what she looks like to me.