I double checked, because that is not something I would say. I know how it is to hit over the head with your birds. I told you what I WOULD DO. I would have culled them and started over, I would not have eaten them but I would have sent them off with the roo guy to be eaten. I don't have...
Often pullets don't show copper. She is still a copper as she carries the genes and SHOULD NOT be breed or sold as a black..... genetically she will not make blacks.
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That pullet is not cuckoo. Blue is a leaky gene so the blue will be uneven sometimes. If you are refering to the color in the hackels, that is not barring. Barring is black and white. You are just seeing the black and copper in the hackles.
As @desertmarcy said the comb is really odd on...