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sexing bluebells
How do you sex bluebells
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
bluebell cocks have red tint and/or red feathers mixed in with the blue ones. pullets are blue with black tint to neck feathers
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
the bluebells should be all females, very rare ull get a male. unless there not from a reputable source.
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
bluebelle are a hybrid an should only be sold as pullets an like the blackrock there should be no cockrels.as for the red feathers - my year old hen has them. like all fowl you will probebly get some exceptions to the rules.
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
I have a bluebell hen, laying, with red-tinted feathers at the front of her neck. Lots of people sell so-called bluebell or blue belle hybrids, from the formula of RIR x Marans (or whatever it is).
Meadowsweet Poultry owns the trademark for Bluebelle hybrids, and only hens sold by them or their agents are allowed to be called Bluebelle. Since they are sold as laying hens, I'd imagine cocks wouldn't even be in the market. If you have a bluebell cock, it likely isn't genuine. But even a 'fraudulent' hen should lay plenty of eggs :)
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
i actully got them as eggs
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
my bluebell rooster (rip) was one of the rare few that slipped through the hatcherys net, he was 1 of 2 in a batch of 400. got him cheap as he was a cockeral. would like another if another hatchery bred one turns up anywhere. still has great genetics to add to my experimental x-breeding project.
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Where did you get bluebell eggs from?
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
will the chicks 4rm a bluebell rooster and hen come out the wrong colours?
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
yep. the bluebell is a purpose bred crossbred, if you breed 2 together they could look like any of their ancestors, thats why they are hybrids not purebreds, they are purposefully hard to replicate appearance wise which is why the hatcherys make so much money from the trademark and why the hatcherys wont sell cockerals and why the breeding is such a guarded secret.
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010