Does this look like a Sapphire Jewel?

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

I thought my "meal maker" chick from Meyer Hatchery would be a meat bird because my order was mostly meat birds. After a couple weeks, it became apparent that this chick was not a Cornish X, based on her pea comb, different colored legs, and that she was growing at a slower rate.

I contacted Meyer and they said Sapphire Jewel might be a possibility, based on what I described to them. What do you guys think? There isn't much info on Sapphire Jewels online due to it being a Meyer "exclusive".

She is about 4 weeks old btw.

 

[Jener8or]

Yes, looks like it could be a Sapphire Jewel. Probably just hasn't grown her beard yet.

 

[AinaWGSD]

She could be.

This is my sapphire jewel at 4-5 weeks

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

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This is my sapphire jewel at 4-5 weeks

Oh yeah, looks similar! Thanks for sharing that.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

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This is my sapphire jewel at 4-5 weeks

How do you like your Sapphire Jewel by the way? Is she of laying age yet?

 

[AinaWGSD]

She's neither my favorite or least favorite. 3 of the 6 girls are laying but I think the one blue egg we've gotten so far came from our legbar. She's the most flighty pullet in the flock but not totally crazy about it.

She's taken to yelling for about an hour every morning, so I'm pretty sure she's my neighbors least favorite chicken!

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

She's neither my favorite or least favorite. 3 of the 6 girls are laying but I think the one blue egg we've gotten so far came from our legbar. She's the most flighty pullet in the flock but not totally crazy about it.

She's taken to yelling for about an hour every morning, so I'm pretty sure she's my neighbors least favorite chicken!

Oh no! We live in an urban area so hopefully ours isn't too loud haha. And it's funny, my suspected Sapphire Jewel is actually the least flighty of our group of 3 pullets right now. We'll see if it stays that way.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Nah, she still makes less noise than all the dogs in the neighborhood. It is a recent development though. I think she's just bad at the egg song and wants to be a cheerleader.

 

[AinaWGSD]

She just started laying last Saturday! In 1 week I've gotten 5 gorgeous blue eggs that actually kinda make up for her big mouth. They're the largest in my basket right now. She also seems like she's settling down some.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

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She just started laying last Saturday! In 1 week I've gotten 5 gorgeous blue eggs that actually kinda make up for her big mouth. They're the largest in my basket right now. She also seems like she's settling down some.

Those are beautiful! Thanks for sharing that. I'm looking forward to some pretty eggs from my chicken. She is now named Dottie.