Author Topic: Blue gene (Read 4865 times)

Chicklover · « **on:** February 03, 2012, 08:12:19 PM »

This might sound like a dumb question but here it goes. Can you get a blue out of two blacks. I have a black cock on 3 black hens and 1 blue hen but most of the hatch was blue.

bryngyld · « **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2012, 08:14:32 PM »

I had a very dark blue roo that I thought was black until I looked closer.

bryngyld · « **Reply #2 on:** February 03, 2012, 08:18:52 PM »

I don\'t have a photo of him, but here is my current splash roo that I thought was blue for the longest time.

Chicklover · « **Reply #3 on:** February 03, 2012, 08:34:34 PM »

He is definitely a black and the hens are also.

bryngyld · « **Reply #4 on:** February 03, 2012, 08:36:05 PM »

Could the blue hen be a dark splash?

Chicklover · « **Reply #5 on:** February 03, 2012, 10:06:23 PM »

Here is a pic of the blue

Korfus Kluckers · « **Reply #6 on:** February 03, 2012, 10:37:55 PM »

THE only explanation would be if you had a bird that appeared black, but was actually a dark blue as Lyne said. I have had that in some birds. It might also be, that most of the eggs were out of your blue hen.

Chicklover · « **Reply #7 on:** February 03, 2012, 11:36:59 PM »

Here is a pic of the chick the first is of a week old and the other is a 2 day old. the feathers are coming in a smoky gray color.

bantamhill · « **Reply #8 on:** February 04, 2012, 08:45:02 PM »

Do you know if all of the hens are laying? I suspect that the blue hen is laying the most and you have just been lucky to get a lot of blue chicks. Over time your percentages will move toward 50% blue and 50% black out of the blue hen. Enjoy the plethora of blue offspring! You will see folks concerned that they are not getting 50% in a month or so!

Michael

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