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Guest:
Does leg color in chicks change? I have a flock of blue and black birds that I am hatching from. I have noticed the leg color in the chicks has some yellow. This is mostly on the bottom of the feet. It is also hard to tell if the chick\'s have a willow or a slate color to them. Should I cull now or wait?
Thanks for any help.

Guest:
How old are the chicks?
  There is a chance that the color could change, but most likely not.  It has been my experience that the yellow stays....unfortunately....but I\'ld keep em for a while...just in case.

faith valley:
Wheaten and blue wheatens hatch with yellowish legs that turn to the slate at about 3 weeks.  I definetly would hold onto them for a while.

~Patty~

Guest:
Patty\'s right....
  I\'ve had wheatons hatch with pink shanks, and turn slate later.  But, my blues & blacks that hatch with a yellow tint on the foot pads usually stay that way....Don\'t know why.  

Guest:
It is my understanding, the blacks can have black shanks and the other 7 color varieties are supposed to have slate shanks.  It is also my understanding of chicken anatomy that a shank is the scaled portion of the leg down to the foot.  Feet are allowed to be yellow or flesh toned.

Here are a couple examples of this:

http://ameraucana.org/scrapbook_files/blueb.jpg
http://www.cimarronvalleyfarms.com/images/Chick_LF_Black1.jpg

Some chicks are born with willow or yellow legs.  They acquire the slate after some period of time (varies).

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