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I sure hope you can get a conversations started. I bought some chicks recently which appear to include some Jubilee Orps or maybe some project Calicos, but I haven't found any conversations about people trying working on those. . I would love to discuss genetics with other breeders.

Good Morning, I am new to Orpintons. I used to breed BBS Ameraucanas and Partridge and black mottled bantam Cochins. Now a few years and 1200 miles away I am starting over. My sister and I bought a bunch of chicks (30) at an auction which turned out to be a mostly Orpingtons in special...

Good Morning, It has been a few years since I was active on BYC and hatching with the peeps here, but I just sat 36 eggs in my little incubator. The first dozen came from my own hens (blue bantam Cochins, and a blk sex link), and the others came from my sister's barnyard flock. I am a teacher...

Hey Ya'll I am hoping you could help me pick out a new roo from this batch I picked up for a song a couple of weeks ago. I need to sell the extras at a big swap coming up in a couple of weeks. Roo number 1 is the one in the cent of this picture. He is my current favorite (I think, maybe...)...

Wow!! The really are beautiful!

:yiipchick I am really excited I got a great deal on some bantam cochins today. They are black split for mottled. There are four cockerels and three pullets. I plan to keep the best trio to breed with my current mottled trio. I was able to buy to whole group for what I might have payed for a...

It looks to me like you may have the mottling gene at work here. The partridge looks like it has white tips on some of its partridge feathers, the mostly black bird shows some mottled feathers, and my mottled boys all had white bumms and a white chest like that. Now a lot of the white on the...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/260313/ameraucana-thread-for-posting-pictures-and-discussing-our-birds/18760#post_10446867 Hi Tadpole, There is a very active Ameraucana thread, the link to it is above. They are a wonderful breed, I have blue and blacks myself. I hope you enjoy the...

Very Nice! But what is the interesting bird on it's right with the interesting pattern and a black head? I would love a better look at that one.

I don't have this color, but I think she is a silver, not a birchen. Birchen is not a recognized color on the Ameraucana Breeder's website. Here is a link to a picture of a Silver Ameraucana. http://www.ameraucana.org/scrapbook_files/lfsilverf.jpg

Ok, it has been a few days, but someone asked me to post pics of my mottled cochins and the leakage they are showing. So I finally got a few pics. I did find two out of my seven who don't have any leakage. So I have one breeding pair at this point. I am really pleased with the type these...

Bummer. They all have some red feathers showing up in the hackle area, even the girls. They are just so darn cute....What a bummer deal. Starting over again. Wonder if I could sell them to someone breeding milli fluer cochins?

I am feeling disappointed in all of my new mottled stock. Some of them are showing really nice type, but every single bird has red leakage coming in. This is probably a DQ, isn't it? I have a very old SOP and mottled isn't in it. I need to shop for a new one. How hard will the leakage be...

I think she looks really nice! Where are you in Virginia? I am in Virginia, too.

Wow! Amy I just love the second picture, she is lovely! I also love the blue mottled, it is such a beautiful color. I need to start researching mottled genetics I have no idea how to breed for uniform mottling. Do those of you who have been working with this color for a while breed separate...

Sarah, I am loving that bootie shot! Orion is so cute, and he looks very content all snuggled up after his bath. Funky Feather's I am loving those splash girls. So many pretty little cochins. Keep the pictures coming folks!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/726350/mottled-cochin-thread/10#post_10015441 I just posted pictures of my young mottled and splash cochins on the mottle cochin thread, and I thought I would just post a link to the thread here. They are 11 weeks old.

I was happy to see this thread since I have recently started raising mottled cochins. I hatched out eight babies, but one was weak at hatch and died right away. Two of the babies are splash pullets, the breeder subbed splash for blacks because she was short on eggs. The other five are two...

Oh, I didn't mean cull as in put them down, I mean as in rehome them. If I don't want to use it for my flock and I sell it or give it away, I consider that culling. I have only culled as in killed for humane reasons when something hatched with a serious defect. Also, I generally can't see how...