Silverudd's Blue Day Old Chicks

Silverudd's Blue was created in the 1980s by Martin Silverudd, a Swedish pastor. To create the breed, he used a small adult productive New Hampshire and a small adult productive Rhode Island Red. He must have used at least two more breeds. Descendants of the Cream Legbar he imported in the late 1950s were included in the breed to include the gene for blue egg shell. That gene, along with the brown egg genes that NH and RIR brought, gave the Silverudd's Blue egg its characteristic green color.

There is nothing more noted about the origin, but from Martin Silverudd's remaining notes, it appears that he kept Australorps on his farm. It is likely that Australorp was the breed that gave Silverudd's Blue its characteristic blue color in the plumage. Silverudd's Blue was named at Martin Silverudd's swift passing - changed away from the Svensk Gronaggsvarpare (Swedish Green Egg Layer), which may be considered a working name. It has been mistakenly called Isbar, which is the name of a breed Silverudd created before the Silverudd's Blue. The name is set as a tribute to the breed's creator and refers to the gene for blue in plumage and the gene for blue shell color. The breed was most certainly not completely finished at Martin Silverudd's demise in 1986. It has since spread in large numbers, the genetic drive causing a relatively large variation in size, body shape, scale color, etc. Silverudd's Blue is characterized by the fact that it has black as the base color. The black is supressed on some Silverudd's Blues due to the gene for blue, which in single set gives a blue animal and in double set gives a spotted, or splash animal. The plumage is black, blue and splash, where above all the cocks can have elements of gold or silver in the neck and saddle feathers. Silverudd's blue is an active and lively breed. Breed Information | American Silverudd's Blue Association

***We have Blue, Black and Splash all in one pen so you can end up with any color. 

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