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Title: Blue gene
Post by: 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.

Title: Blue gene
Post by: bryngyld on February 03, 2012, 08:14:32 PM

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

Title: Blue gene
Post by: bryngyld 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.

Title: Blue gene
Post by: Chicklover on February 03, 2012, 08:34:34 PM

He is definitely a black and the hens are also.

Title: Blue gene
Post by: bryngyld on February 03, 2012, 08:36:05 PM

Could the blue hen be a dark splash?  

Title: Blue gene
Post by: Chicklover on February 03, 2012, 10:06:23 PM

Here is a pic of the blue

Title: Blue gene
Post by: Korfus Kluckers 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.

Title: Blue gene
Post by: Chicklover 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.

Title: Blue gene
Post by: bantamhill 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