Blue Wheaten Color

[bluedawg]

I am trying to find out what the blue Wheaten Color would look like (Marans) Is there a way to tell which chicks will be Wheaten & which will be blue Wheaten? I thought, as in the blue wheaten Ameraucana, that the blue wheaten was the same as the wheaten except instead of black points the point feathers would be grey but when I do an internet search I see hens with a completely blue body and brassy head and neck feathers which is pretty nice and I see no images of what I thought a blue Wheaten would look like. Is this actually what a blue wheaten looks like or are they mislabeling Blue Coppers as Blue Wheatens?

See: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/French-Blue-Wheaten-Wheaton-Marans-Hatching-Eggs-/120925205169

See Also: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...TPT6uOL-G16AGltsWIDA&ved=0CIABEPUBMAY&dur=556

 

[Debbi]

You were right the first time. The Blue Wheaten hens will have blue where the regular Wheatens would have black. Now it's the same with the roos. I didn't go to your link, but what you are describing sounds like Blue Copper Marans. There is a Wheaten/Blue Wheaten thread here on BYC, you should check it out.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/426622/wheaten-and-blue-wheaten-marans-discussion-thread