Colour variance

[Blue Cuban]

Well I have been out playing with the camera and it sure has been educational.
Firstly to try and capture the colours as the eye would see it on a camera that I'm not familiar with and with out a flash has been very challenging and they are still far from what you would see in real life.

Any way I thought I would still post them although they are not a true indication of colour but it will give you a idea of where the bird is at regarding its moult.

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Both of the following birds are from the same parents and are white breasted (bird in question is on the right).

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(I must admit I was tempted not to share these pics simply because I couldn't correctly capture what I and others can see when looking at this bird)

[Blue Cuban]

Hopefully these pics will give a clearer picture of what the difference is that I can see.
Unfortunately I had to shoot from outside the aviary through the wire but I think the difference is clearer now.

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At this stage there is no sign of yellow coming through and right up to the breast line and around the legs it is still looking very clean.

[Craig52]

I agree with Tiaris that it's a WB hen, the WB tends to change the back colour in normal's slightly especially in hens but not as drastically as in sfwb Euro yellow cocks imo. Craig

[Blue Cuban]

Going by the size of the bird and its beak shape and its stance I would say your all right regarding it being a female and the fact it is showing white in its breast I guess this would also make it a white breast.

Looking at all its offspring today while cleaning the aviary they all appear to have this different juvenile colour but by far this bird is at the extreme end of the colour variation.
Also what I might have here is just another ordinary pair of birds producing its own shade of green like what happens in normal birds in the wild in isolated pockets.