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The chart lays it out pretty simply? A + B = C. It even provides pictures. Is there anything I can explain to help you to better understand?

Why?

Few pics of my Mauve (Choc + Blue) cock bird.

How closely related are your lines? I know these are not the most productive birds, but I've never heard of them laying as terribly as 4-5 eggs per month (even in fall/winter...). That said, as breeders, we choose which birds to breed, what traits to select for, etc. Production is always...

Depending on the quality/type of the bird, $30 is a steal.

I wouldn't breed to Lavender... But Chocolate X Blue will yield Mauve, which I think is a lovely color.

Anyone looking for a pint sized Chocolate roo? :lol: I have a bantam Chocolate pair available, message me for details.

Did you not see the post directly above yours?

Another Chocolate pullet, sister to the pullet I posted a picture of the other day. She's a couple months younger, but I like her.

Cute lil' Chocolate chips! Quick pic (with my iPhone) of one of the bantam Chocolate pullets I've grown out this year. She should be laying any day now...

If she's anything like my hens that wouldn't quit... I eventually had to put them in a pen/cage with a wire floor. I've found that hens won't sit if when they do it's cold. Air will constantly be circulating around her, and she won't be able to "nest" & make a warm spot for her eggs. I warn...

Quote: Are they LF?

Maybe it's my monitor, but these birds look to be regular Cuckoo, without the Choc gene? Pullets & hens can't recessively carry/"hide" the Choc gene, if they have it they express it.

My bantam Mauve Orpingon went broody & hatched 3 chicks! Blue split to Chocolate cockerel on the left, Chocolate pullet on the right. Splash- don't know whether this is a male or female yet. If a boy, he'll be Splash split to Chocolate, if a girl she will be Mauve (Chocolate & Blue)...

Thank you! The lacing in my LF birds was very good, something I was really happy with. ...in my bantams, it's not perfect. I've hatched some Blue chicks from the Blue pullet pictured above, I hope this subsequent generation shows some improvement.

Dun X Dun = 50% Dun, 25% Khaki, & 25% Black Dun DF = Dun "double factor", meaning the bird is homozygous for the gene, so visually Dun DF would be Khaki (2 copies of Dun) --- ***UPDATED*** I now have a bantam Orpington pair for sale...

It looks like you've got 2 cockerels, & one pullet. Pics of the birds individually might help with sexing, especially views of their combs.

You're very welcome!

Some of my bantams... Mauve pullet. Same Mauve pullet as above, different lighting. Black split to Choc male, my main flock sire. Mauve pair, the Mauve cockerel pictured here is the one I posted for sale. Blue pullet.

No. You should only hatch Chocolate birds, as well as a small percentage of Mauves from your Mauve hen. The dark chicks are likely Chocolate. I've noticed some variability in down color, like you see with Blues, where some Choc chicks are paler brown, and others are darker almost appearing...