Arkansas Blue egg layers

[1muttsfan]

Out of the dozen eggs set I ended up with 3 chicks. One was a very flighty, small pullet, wild as a hawk, which I rehomed. Here are the other two at around 9 weeks - the cockerel is calm and relatively friendly, the pullet shy and pretty flighty right now.

 

[ronott1]

Out of the dozen eggs set I ended up with 3 chicks. One was a very flighty, small pullet, wild as a hawk, which I rehomed. Here are the other two at around 9 weeks - the cockerel is calm and relatively friendly, the pullet shy and pretty flighty right now.

They can be very flighty. Leghorn and all that.

Yours are looking good!

 

[1muttsfan]

They are really quite handsome birds. The splash is almost pure white. What I really like about them is the nice blue color and large size of the eggs they hatched out of.

 

[ronott1]

They are really quite handsome birds. The splash is almost pure white. What I really like about them is the nice blue color and large size of the eggs they hatched out of.

They are also good in the heat. I can stand a bit of flighty for blue eggs and chickens that do not die when it hits 110 here.

 

[DCchicken]

They are really quite handsome birds. The splash is almost pure white. What I really like about them is the nice blue color and large size of the eggs they hatched out of.

I still debate whether the "splash" ones are actually splash and not just recessive white. I have two like that.

 

[ronott1]

I still debate whether the "splash" ones are actually splash and not just recessive white. I have two like that.

I wonder too.

My Splash have more "splashes" on them.

 

[caj1985]

Normally my splash are much more heavily marked. They also get more heavily marked and darker with each molt I have noticed.

 

[ronott1]

Normally my splash are much more heavily marked. They also get more heavily marked and darker with each molt I have noticed.

Mine look like that too. I have a nice Cockerel growing out now.

I will work on getting a picture today.

 

[DCchicken]

I think we are going to have to add white to the list of colors for this breed. I grabbed one if the ABs and got a better look. The feathers are definitely white. They did use white leghorns in the creation. So it was only a natter of time before white ones made an appearance. I am actually surprised it didn't happen before. Out of 22 eggs, I had 2 black (mottled), 2 white, and 1 blue.

 

[1muttsfan]

And I am happy about the frostbite - resistant combs.