furball Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Sorry if i am having a blonde moment. Just found some( Bluebell ? ) Blue star girls locally. I thought i had better check with the experts on here. In the listing it says " Blue Star is derived from a Maran and a Rhode Island Red." Am i right in thinking these are bluebells. Listing says :- Blue Star Number of eggs: 250+ (approx) Egg colour: light brown, with a plum blush This is a noticeably chunkier chick! A wonderfully placid nature makes her a great choice. Colour varies from light violet grey, through to a dark steely grey and sometimes a lovely brown feathering joins the mix. It is derived from a Maran and a Rhode Island Red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 yes its the same looking at the description Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Thankyou, i feel a case of morehens coming on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Get one they are beautiful! They are quite big girls when fully grown(dont tell OH ) so you will deff have to get a cube after that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Thankyou, i am trying to work out the maths as i am posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 OOO just re read your post, get one, (one) could i. Would it work, the integration thing, then i would have time to save and keep my eye out for a cube oooh excited now Thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Violet, my Bluebelle is beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Snoxy you are supposed to discourage me it might put me off if you post a pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Morning Your fb request hasnt arrived. When I get on the laptop later I will sort a pic via photobucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Snoxy you are supposed to discourage me it might put me off if you post a pic http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l574/poppybengrace/DSCF0314.jpg Here is a pi of our bluebell saying hello to my little girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFeatheredFiend Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Here's our Bluebelle, Misty. She has a lovely red breast and the most intense eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thankyou so much for the pics, they are soooo beautiful. Really diiscouraging My local supplier has been talking to me on the phone and says he has hardly any blue's left, so i have decided to call in on my way back from taking my grand daughter to nursery, just to look The cat basket in the back of the car is just to save space in the garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thankyou so much for the pics, they are soooo beautiful. Really diiscouraging My local supplier has been talking to me on the phone and says he has hardly any blue's left, so i have decided to call in on my way back from taking my grand daughter to nursery, just to look The cat basket in the back of the car is just to save space in the garage What a fantastic idea keeping the cat basket in the car to save space, I might have to do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Bluebelle is a copyrighted name - I *think* it's Meadowsweet poultry that have the rights. Blue Rangers, Blue Stars and the like will be the same type of hen but from a different supplier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Here, finally, is a pic of Violet...I tried to post other pics too but couldn't fig out how to enlarge them throught Photobucket Sorry this pic is so small! You can see from other posts how beautiful Bluebelles are This is one that I originally posted the day Violet arrived...she has puffed up her feathers in this pic...she is sleeker in the feather so to speak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 How did you get your pics that size TheFeatheredFiend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Reikiranf Gongladosh thankyou, Snoxy she is beautiful, Well i went to look at the blue stars, they are bluebells so i just had to didn't i, it would have been rude not to but i only got one, there was only 3 left. Popped her in the run with a divider at the ready and there were a few standing up to each other and feather ruffling moments mainly from my littlest buff leghorn then nothing no chasing, no pecking, Bluebell (very original i know, alll my girls are named after flowers so it seemed apt ) she is fine so far but been kept a very close eye on by me, sat on my decking in the lovely sunshine chicken watching. I was just about to post what a lovely quiet chicken she is , she is perched on one of the branches in the run half asleep when she saw a C A T oh my goodness she has a very good warning system did you hear her down south , i don't think she has seen a cat before she nearly fell of the branch stretching her neck to keep the cat in sight, so funny. She is such a cuddly girl. As for my morehens disease ........which colour cube would you recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Congratulations Can't wait to see a pic please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 I will try and post pics later, but it might be late tonight as it took me 4 hours to post my avatar and i have a parents evening to go to. I will try honest. Runs inside to get camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Okey doke You did better than I...Mr Snox sorted my avatar...because I failed miserably Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Hope this works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Binnie, our bluebelle (or bluebell, blubell, blubelle), also has orange feather tips, but not as much as feathered friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Fab photos Very pretty hens Furball and percy049 Violet has very pretty bright orange feathers around her neck but in the pic they are barely visible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Just noticed mine has a funny beak, don't know if it's been trimmed or is an undershot beak, she is eating and drinking fine though so as long as she is healthy i don't mind. I had to put her to bed though as she didn't know where to sleep and roosted on a high branch in the run. All the other girls have left her alone as if they start getting stroppy with her she just flew upto the high branch and watched all the goings on from above, she was making little gentle noises not squawking though, unless a cat walked past, so i think she was content. Got a lovely cuddle from her before putting her in the eglu, the door is open so she can escape if needed. The other girls didn't bat an eyelid and she just went to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benaberry Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 (edited) aww, she's gorgeous - very much like my blue hybrid (another one called Bluebell! ) Edited April 8, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
