Female SI eye ring

[OutlawedSpirit]

I am curious about the pretty chicken's eye ring. She has a few tiny blue feathers, so she has an eye ring, it's just not very distinct. Here, let me show you.



That was as good as I could get. Her favorite part about me taking pictures, is trying to eat my phone. Anyways, when I look online, I always see pictures of females with stunning, bright eye rings. Like this:



I am just curious as to whether her eye ring will get brighter and more distinct as she gets older, or if it will just never be as "obvious". I am not overly concerned, just wondering. I have tried finding something explaining it, but I haven't found anything on the intensity of the ring, just that some subspecies have them, and some don't.

 

[coopedup]

How old is Aria? Liesl is just beginning to grow hers in and she was 4 months this week. The eye ring should be almost fully in by 6 months. The breeder told me her feathers will be brighter/more intense after her first molt, which wont be until later this year. Female subspecies is often determined by size when fully mature--so you may have to wait a bit.

Opps...sorry, mixed the answers to two posts...that's what happens when you're up with the chickens and havent had a full pot of coffee yet.

 

[OutlawedSpirit]

She will be a year in 2 weeks, providing what I was told is actually accurate. Like I said, the eye ring is there, it's just faint. Maybe it will be more intense after she moults, which I wish she would hurry up and do so she gets her primary flight feathers back in.

 

[camo]

Not sure of Pebbles genetic background, but she only has a thin blue ring around her eye (relative to other images I have seen online), I think it's just because she is so naturally beautiful she doesn't see the need to put on as much makeup

As far as I am aware she is fully mature, so I think this is how she will remain.

 

[YoYo]

Here's a photo of ruby's eye ring. She has quite a slim eye ring also so I would not worry about your girl. The pretty chickens eye ring will probably become more distinct with age though. She is definitely beautiful though. :red: