Because this breed is sometimes confused with the sapphire chicken some mistakenly think the sapphire gem produces blue eggs.
Blue sapphire sapphire gem chicken.
Sapphires are made from the mineral corundum.
The sapphire gem is a new sex linked chicken type with blue colore and lavender plumage.
The sapphire gem chicken breed also known as the blue plymouth rock or sapphire blue plymout rock is all the rage for novelty and speciality chicken fanciers.
They do best in warmer climates and are close to the old andalusians.
They will begin to produce eggs between 18 and 24 weeks old.
The sapphire gem chickens are famous for their novelty and are special among other chicken breeds.
It exists in a rainbow of colours including pink yellow green and grey but the blue hued variety is the best known red corundum crystals are called rubies.
Blue the sapphire gem is a sex linked hybrid created by a breeder in the czech republic.
Sapphire olive egger chicken for example you can develop sapphire olive egger by yourself by crossing blue plymouth rock also known as sapphire gem and any easter egger.
Also known as the sapphire blue plymouth rock or blue plymouth rock the sapphire gem is all the rage for novelty and specialty chicken fanciers.
On the mohs scale of hardness bluesapphire rates 7 5 8.
Sapphire gem chicken sapphire gem is all the craze for novelty as well as specialty chicken fanciers known as the sapphire blue plymouth rock or blue plymouth rock searching the internet for information on this rare range will certainly probably lead you down a dead end road or to the neighborhood jewelers web sites.
I have two sapphire gem pullets they have been wonderful so far.
It is a hybrid that contains the dominate blue gene and is known for being a good layer of large brown eggs.
Beautiful birds friendly personality.
A healthy fully mature sapphire gem hen will often lay close to 300 eggs in a year or four to five eggs a week.
The sapphire gem chickens are also recognized as the sapphire blue plymouth rock or blue plymouth rock.
Scouring the internet for information on this rare variety will most likely lead you down a dead end road or to the local jewelers websites.
As baby chicks they enjoy attention and jump up onto my hand knee to be pet and held.