sapphire gem

Born 4/7/24 and I cannot have anymore. I can have him for another 2 weeks while he still needs additional heat, but that is it. Located in Smithsburg, MD. Can pick up or somewhere if it isn't too far away.

Hello, I just recently placed my order for my first flock of chickens and figured it would be a great time to join! I have ordered 5 Sapphire Gem, 5 Starlight Green Eggers, and 5 Speckled Sussex so 15 in total that will be here by the end of February! I know 15 is a lot for a first timer...

Hello BYC, thought I'd finally drop in and say "hello". 1. Yes, I'm new to raising chickens (got our first flock members in March of 2022), but old to raising chickens since my family & I did when I was a kid like 20 years ago. 2. We (husband & I) have 20 chickens right now. 2 roosters & 18...

Top two are Salmon Faverolles (left: pullet; right: cockerel). Middle right is Faverolle cockerel, rest are Sapphire Gem pullets. Taken when they were 4-5 weeks old. Though Faverolle pullet seems to be 1-2 weeks older than the rest. Purchased at the same time. She grew much quicker than the others.

All of our dark ones have lost their white feathers under-chin and any white around their eyes. Some have "gray" coloration, some are rosy, some are a gray/rosy. This is just one of our darker Sapphire Gems. The light one in background is still light gray. Black specs are now in her feathers.

Date purchased 7/14/2023 from TSC. 7 Sapphire Gem hens 5 Salmon Faverolles (yellow) straight run: 4 roos, 1 hen

Hola! Sophie and I started this wild ride of raising a bonded house chick 2.5 weeks ago. She hatched Monday July 24 and came home Tuesday July 25. Been loving using this site for great insight and resources whenever I have questions. Thought it was about time I actually joined instead of keep...

Making this thread so you can show off your peeps! Post pics and there breeds or mixes! I would also love to see cool crosses! Also hoping to get some inspo on some more potential breeds I love seeing them! Here’s some of ours! 1) we have our Rooster who is an EE I think brown red ameracauna...

(Egg photo includes example of my darkest egg color, one of my Orpingon’s pink egg collection, and a final silkie egg.) So all my girls have started laying and I have a bit of a mystery on my hands. I have a silkie (small creamy white egg), a Houdan (large stark white egg), an Americana (pale...

Hello! So I bought some eggs that I was told were Sapphire Gems. They just hatched yesterday and surprise!!! Definitely NOT Sapphire Gems! They looks like Olive Eggers but the eggs they came out of were light brown. Any ideas? Thank you!

So I have three 4 week old chicks (exactly 28 days today), one barred rock (Owl), one sapphire gem (Cinder), and one buff orpington (Daisy). The orpington I'm not concerned about, as I'm about 99% certain she's a pullet. The barred rock I vacillated on for a while due to temperament and a more...

Hello! It’s march and I have 6 hens. 4 I got at about 6 months old, 1 I’ve had since she was a chick, and my final one. My sapphire gem, I got on Craigslist from a local. I cannot remember if they stated her age or not, but I don’t remember her being mentioned as old. So currently 5 of my 6...

We are trying to get our next gen of layer hens so in addition to buying chicks we are trying to hatch some from our own. We do this all the time and will be fine with whatever mutts they turn out to be but I’m confused on how the genetics work of it all… We have a Sapphire gem rooster in with -...

I was told this was a sapphire gem pullet by the lady I got the hatching eggs from but I have my doubts. Attitude, size, and comb all have me questioning even the breed(comb made me think it could be mixed with an Easter egger). I've never raised Sapphire gems before so I was hoping to get...

Sunflower is being so sweet. 🥰😍

Hello everyone! I’m Joni and I live in Florida with my hubby, 2 dogs, and 13 chickens. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have had chickens for the past 15 years (pets only). (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I currently have 13. (3) What breeds do...

I am looking to rehome some pullets. I have 7 Sapphire Gems that are not quite 4 months old and 5 unknown chickens (possibly Easter Eggers) that are 4 - 5 months old. None have started laying yet. I would prefer to trade for laying hens, so that I don't have to wait another 6 months to start...

Good Afternoon 🐓 One of the 4 chicks we purchased from a farm store June 18th turned out to be a roo so, we need to re-home him since we live inside City limits (roosters are not allowed). We call him "Glen", he's a bit over 2 months old, and is a Sapphire Blue (Gem) Plymouth Rock. Glen is...

I have 6 chickens that are all 18 weeks, and got my first egg yesterday. The egg is kind of an off white-ish color. I have 2 prairie bluebells, so I think it might be from one of them? The only hen that is doing the quintessential mating squat is a sapphire gem though. I know that sapphie’s lay...