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Splash chick down color

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Carrie Gildersleeve:
I saw in another post that the clown head may be indicative of the Pg gene, and I have decided that if she looks like a blue, then she is a blue ;)...I'm learning...LOL

DeWayne Edgin:
Can you post a picture of the blue hen? If she has a white feather on her wing and on each wing, you may not want to use her for breeding. Some people will just pull the white feathers out and show the bird. If you breed her though she will throw these feathers with her chicks. I sold all of my blacks and blues because of this and i got new ones that do not have these white feathers on their wings. If she is a splash it may not matter. I am not sure about splash. A picture will help us guess if she is a blue or a splash.

Carrie Gildersleeve:
She is the one, in front, the one behind is my other blue hen. The white feathers fell out on their own a week or so ago and she is only 15 weeks now. From what I have read growth feathers don't really count, you have to look at what the adult bird is, and she is getting mighty pretty ;)

Mike Gilbert:
Well, she is definitely not splash.   Goes to show you can't go too much by chick down color.

DeWayne Edgin:
She is a dark blue pullet. Some blues look gray as chicks and some even look like a black. You can`t tell sometimes. If you want to see a splash, i can get a picture today and put it on here. Im not sure but you may even be able to search the site for some.

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