Breed Overview: Sapphire Gem Chickens 

We have 5-6wk old Sapphire Gem girlies, live in Southern MN. They already have great and distinctive personalities and are just hilarious. Our twins plan to show them at the SCFF through 4H. Thank you so much for this and other videos you have on these adorable hens.

My S/O wanted chickens. I was totally against it. I toldhim if I have to feed and care for them I have to like what I'm looking at. I picked out our birds as days old chicks. We got 4 Sapphire Gems, 2 Barred Rocks and 2 Easter Eggers. My Gem girls are the first to lay. I love what they look like and I like their attitudes. I cannot let my birds free range be cause we are surrounded with hawks, owls and kites. The last batch of hens he had all got carried off, one at a time. I like my birds and want them protected. These eggs are better than anything I ever bought at the grocery. We live in Florida and these birds have done very well in our extreme summer heat!

We got 10 of these from someone selling flock. These girls are awesome. Super friendly and large eggs. They come running every time they see us. We free range and have no issues. We highly recommend these birds with no regrets.

290 eggs. That's pretty good. The egg size is what peaks my interest. Nice to see you Holly! 💚🌞

These Gems are quite the gem! Good egg size, good forager, docile, and beautiful.

Boy they sure do have some amazing color breakup! Sounds like all around they are very good ladies, esp good egg layers!! Well you have to have some that are naughty to keep you on your toes Mr Rich!! Cheers my friend, thank you for bringing us along!!

Good looking chickens 🐓

Very pretty breed! We have always stayed with one breed but they definitely would be one to consider if we expand! Thank you!

Beautiful colours wonderful views enjoy watching my friend ❤️

Very nice video enjoyed watching always stay connected.🌷

Hello Friend... That's a Lovely Sapphire chicken.. so fluffy .. this is Mithz watching from Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Thank you so much for the breed review! They really are gorgeous birds that seem to have a lot of personality!! Amazing on the egg production too 💖👍

I like this video. It seems like my very young Sapphire Gems are pretty docile also. I have others in my flock that are much more flighty and difficult to get back into the coop at night.

Beautiful chickens Rich and Holly

Gorgeous healthy looking flock!

Hello from Minnesota. Fun video!

Awesome upload 😍

Those are really great looking chickens, Rich.

Very pretty bird. Thanks for the review of the gems.

Hello! Nice sharing 😃 Its a lovely farm. The animals are growing happily 🐔 Have a wonderful day 😊

Thank you. We have just gotten our saphire and so far they are my son's pets. The girls hear him and here they come

Yep...we have two, Ashley, the hen, looks just like a younger and skinnier version of your adult hen. The other is Earl, splash, with SIGNIFICANTLY larger feet and comb. Seven weeks; and we're calling it! One boy, one girl. (bought straight run)

I made an impulse buy when picking up chicks just five weeks ago. I have two gems and I love their personalities. They are almost feathered out now so will be outside soon. I have noticed they like the roosting bar more than the Rhode Island Reds and are great scratchers! Thanks for giving me more joy to look forward to. I love how they are personable!

What a beautiful bird, I do like the coloring. Nice overview. Thanks

Wow, that's a pretty bird. Thanks for sharing the information on it.

Good looking birds, and good layers. Thanks for info. Great video.

Another amazing sharing 🙂many thanks for your efforts keep posting more amazing videos gonna watch them 💕 stay safe 🌟🇹🇷👍 Stay connected 💓🌹wish you all the best 💞💞 See you soon friend💞🌸🌸

This was such an awesome video! Great info!!

I love my gems, they’re cute, bold and great layers they love to talk though 😊. I’m glad I chose them over lavendar orphingtons

Hi Rich! Love their colouring, very pretty colours, that’s interesting about the size of the eggs! Hahahaha naughty chickens 🐓 😅 love them! Sam is very cute 😊

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Very healthy flock you have! Thank you for sharing this information 🙏

Oh my that is simply beautiful ❤️. Love the colors 💕

Those Sapphires are really beautiful...I almost ordered some....but went Black Australorps with some Americanas instead. So far, the little bearded Americanas are super chill and fun to play with while the australorps are not quite as tame yet.

They are beautiful birds!!

Hi Rich, the Sapphire Gems are really nice looking chickens, and great to see Holly as well ! Best Wishes, Paul & Nadj.

I want to learn more about the different breeds. Thanks for this video. Good info brother!

Great assessment of the breed. We added a dozen of them to our flock last year on a whim and have been pleasantly surprised by their resilience, performance, and productivity. They fit right in with our girls and roam the woods foraging with the best of them. Thanks for spotlighting the Sapphire Gem!

That’s a gorgeous bird Rich!

It’s nice that they are easy going! Their colouring is beautiful.

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Some nice looking chickens! Just purchased a few Isa browns to add to my flock. Might have to try those next time.

Beautiful chicken's right there

I have two of those Gems and they are very smart and growing very big. I’m excited to start collecting eggs in a couple of months. Truly beautiful birds

I have one left that looks identical to the one in the video. She is one tough ole gal. She has survived a raccoon attack that took a rooster, and four hens. Her comb was ripped halfway down and she was bloodied, and laying in the coop when I found her. She was almost dead. I took her to the steam beside the coop, and hand fed her water. She perked up enough to walk off under her own power in about 10 minutes.

Beautiful chicken))

Looks like these Sapphire Gems are near the perfect bird next to the Barred Rock. Thanks again!

They ARE pretty!!!

Good bread !

Love 🐔😍😍😍

Such a nice vlog, i like your lifestyle and videos, thanks for sharing dear. All the best. Many Greetings from Germany. See you

Gorgeous.Stay connected

I love these birds. I had one baby chick put it died after only one week. I was so sad because I think they’re so beautiful. I will try again maybe next year the rest of my chicks survived.

Fantastic hens. Some of them do outperform my Plymouth/Barred Rocks in laying. They can get pretty thick if you want to eat them too. My favorite overall pets in my flock are Czech Sapphires (of about 15 types) and only my Australorps are as fun to be around. Just a lovely bird.

Very nice, all chicken are healthy..

48 👍🏻🤝🔔👈 beautiful 🌹🙏

I have 9 hens and 1 rooster. As always supposed to be all hens. Got them as babies. They are now almost 2 yrs. I love them. They are very friendly & curious to see what your doing. They do talk a lot. They lay large to x large brown eggs, mostly x large. They did fine in our cold weather last winter, we get down to single digits. The rooster is probably going to be chicken nuggets soon. He has been attacking me for months but I have a young one I hand raised so he will be taking his place. Im hoping he will stay sweet.

such a beautiful colored chicken!

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They are very pretty birds also I'll have to get some later

They are beautiful. I’d be curious to know if they tend to get broody

They sure are beautiful!

They are great birds. They really lay but if you recycle and using used egg cartons you're definitely going to have a problem fitting they're eggs in with the others. A person almost needs XXL egg cartons. Huge eggs and a lot of double and triple yolks.

I saw your video and I just purchased some sapphire gems and I’m wondering you mentioned can they fly over a 6 foot fence is what I’m wondering

I got one by mistake. It's my best chicken.

Question, do different breeds of chickens taste better than others? Is there a Black Angus of chickens?

I have 5 coming to our flock this year and am super excited. Thank you for the review! I wanted to ask if you guys vaccinate your chicks (or have them vaccinated) ever since your flock had Marek’s?

They are gorgeous 😍 if I can find them I'd love to ad them to my flock. Thank you

Are these the same as “blue Plymouth rocks”? If I heard right it’s half a blue Plymouth Rock and half regular barred rock that you have there. We’re getting blue Plymouth rocks and hope they are nice as your birds

Hey guys!! So what do you think over all for a egg layer that's also a good meat chicken?

It's very strange how someones experience with the same breed can be so polar opposite. 3 out of 4 of my Sapphire Gems are not just bullies, but psychopaths. They don't just do the territory run of thing or fain peck if a lower bird gets too close, they jump on backs, go after necks, corner and mentally torture my Easter eggers relentlessly, chasing them for no reason, and keep them away from food and water. They often do this in pairs like a gang. They can be across the 500 sq ft run and will seek out another bird to bully! What's worse is they lay small eggs. Smaller than a small you would find in a store. I think I got a batch that were crossed with bantams at one point in their line - and perhaps a rooster with a seriously bad disposition.

This is an incredible video👌 Its good you take care all of them so well. I really appreciate your hard work & amazing skills. Your videos show your passion & dedication👍Your new Subscriber with big like 776😃Hope to see you soon. Stay connected💕💕

Where in Minnesota are you located?

I can't find any Sapphire Gem in my country Thailand for sale. Can you send internationally? I want to raise him so much

Are these the ones who lay the blue eggs?

I thought they were a cross between a blue or splash Andalusian rooster and a barred rock hens?

You must not have many things around that would kill them. I have raccoon, possum, hawks and owls. I have to keep them in a wire covered pen. I wish they could walk around and eat bugs and grass ect.

My Sapphire Gem was my earliest layer, and laid all through winter. She's my fav. However my Sapphire Gem Rooster is now in the freezer. He kept attacking me and Kerry. Bach (her name) actually had laid two eggs in one day twice even!