What is a sapphire gem?

[Mama_in_the_Dell]

One of my Gems laid her first egg Friday at only 14 weeks. Sunday I got two more (one really tiny). And another one today. Two out of the first 3 were double yokes.

 

[Mama_in_the_Dell]

Depends on weather conditions. They need light to lay young.

Would an infrared heat light do that? That is all they’ve had on really cold nights but it’s been warm lately so it’s been off.

 

[DoeAndGander]

Out of curiosity, does anyone else have a Sapphire Gem with rough looking feathers?

 

[Dougtheiceman]

Alright my chicken peeps, hubby and I went to Rural King today mostly because I just wanted to. Anyway, they have baby chicks out year round now, and I can’t resist. Had to look. So they had a bin of “sapphire gem” and they are blue. We have looked and looked online and can’t find anything. What the heck is a sapphire gem chicken? Or do we just have some random blue chickens?

I just got 8 and 4 Olive eggers

 

[BarnGems]

Males are single gene barred blue
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This does not match any of the three Roosters I purchased. One was a true barred (like a dominique), other 2 where blue with barring (the neck of one was a lavender barring very light, the other had a dark grey color neck with barring, both their bodies were blue like the hens.

 

[BarnGems]

How light? As in lighter grey or yellow/white? I ordered 10 females from TSC. 2 extras were thrown in. 2 are really dark, 8 are a variation of medium dark, and 2 are a lighter grey with less dark on the head. All have varying degrees of light markings or some degree of banding/spotting near the eyes. Any thoughts whether or not they slipped 2 roos in the bunch?

check the foot color, yellow without black is a rooster with these.

 

[The Moonshiner]

This does not match any of the three Roosters I purchased. One was a true barred (like a dominique), other 2 where blue with barring (the neck of one was a lavender barring very light, the other had a dark grey color neck with barring, both their bodies were blue like the hens.

Should of said this is how they are supposed to be.
The gems were created oversees and Hoover's supposedly bought stock from them to produce them here in the states.
IDK how honest that statement was. I'm more inclined to believe Hoover's tried to closely copy their recipe and IDK what happened but there's been a lot of variations in the chicks they're selling. They've got something screwed up in their breedings.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Out of curiosity, does anyone else have a Sapphire Gem with rough looking feathers? View attachment 1642944

Do sapphires have a lavender gene? My Lavender Orps all have pretty fragile feathers.

 

[BarnGems]

Should of said this is how they are supposed to be.
The gems were created oversees and Hoover's supposedly bought stock from them to produce them here in the states.
IDK how honest that statement was. I'm more inclined to believe Hoover's tried to closely copy their recipe and IDK what happened but there's been a lot of variations in the chicks they're selling. They've got something screwed up in their breedings.

Hoover's is now this year selling Andalusians so I believe they did use these to create the Sapphire Gems. I am breeding my SGs to a pure breed Barnevelder rooster I'll know by the middle of March how much Andalusian v/s Barred Rock is in them by the chicks. SGs seem to be very busy/active.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

I have a hunch these are the sapphire gems ( or at least the inspiration for them):

https://dominant-cz.cz/produkt/dominant-blue-d-107/?lang=en