CiaBia
Songster
Hey guys! New to OEGB, so bear with me. I have a roughly 7 week old cockereI whose color I'm unsure about. Some background:
Late February I received a batch of straight run self blue old English game bantams from Ideal hatchery. Right away I noticed they accidentally gave me a blue OEGB chick which was fine, it had a great personality! Fast forward 7 weeks, I'm noticing he's developing some gold feathering around the head,neck and saddle area. On Ideal's website they have several variations of blue (lemon blue, blue red, blue golden duckwing), does this look like any of those or just a leaky blue?
I ask because I have someone local offering me some blue hens, and wondered if I should get them for this little boy once he's old enough. I'd love to keep him just not in my self blue pen, he would wreak genetic havoc!
I am fully aware that hatchery stock is backyard quality, so I'm not expecting anything close to SOP. He's also missing some points on his comb from when he was a chick.
Thank you in advance!
Late February I received a batch of straight run self blue old English game bantams from Ideal hatchery. Right away I noticed they accidentally gave me a blue OEGB chick which was fine, it had a great personality! Fast forward 7 weeks, I'm noticing he's developing some gold feathering around the head,neck and saddle area. On Ideal's website they have several variations of blue (lemon blue, blue red, blue golden duckwing), does this look like any of those or just a leaky blue?
I ask because I have someone local offering me some blue hens, and wondered if I should get them for this little boy once he's old enough. I'd love to keep him just not in my self blue pen, he would wreak genetic havoc!
I am fully aware that hatchery stock is backyard quality, so I'm not expecting anything close to SOP. He's also missing some points on his comb from when he was a chick.
Thank you in advance!