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Supposed chocolate orpingtons?????

post #1 of 27
1/13/10 at 3:22am
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I ordered 6 chocolate orpington bantam hatching eggs, from a choc to choc breeding.

Ebay seller with 100% feedback, usually sells light sussex in both sizes & choc orp banties.

Anyway, 4 didnt make it to lockdown.. but the two that did hatched as these????

Any ideas on what they could be?idunno

I guess I've either been ripped off or the eggs were mixed up when the seller shipped them!? ep

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k240/DANIELLA77/IMG_8928-1.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k240/DANIELLA77/IMG_8958-2.jpg

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k240/DANIELLA77/IMG_8974-2.jpg

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post #2 of 27
1/13/10 at 3:27am

IDK but those sure cute.  Could it be ( speaking from inexperience with this) they will start to look chocolate when there other feathers start to grow in?  They dont look anything like I would expect either....

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post #3 of 27
1/13/10 at 4:26am

They look like buffs. Cute- but I don't think they'll end up being chocolate. Try posting this in the genetics forum- maybe one of the experts can shed a little light.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #4 of 27
1/13/10 at 5:04am
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Thanks, I'll try that! smile

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post #5 of 27
1/13/10 at 7:11am

Chocolate genetics are similar to BBS when 2 Chocolate birds are bred together. The only possibilities are chocolate, black, or chocolate splash (which looks blue at hatch). Those chicks are not chocolate chicks. They are probably the light sussex.

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post #6 of 27
1/13/10 at 11:37am
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Originally Posted by greenfamilyfarms 

Chocolate genetics are similar to BBS when 2 Chocolate birds are bred together. The only possibilities are chocolate, black, or chocolate splash (which looks blue at hatch). Those chicks are not chocolate chicks. They are probably the light sussex.


By choc splash you mean Khacki, Right?

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post #7 of 27
1/13/10 at 11:44am
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Originally Posted by greenfamilyfarms 

Chocolate genetics are similar to BBS when 2 Chocolate birds are bred together. The only possibilities are chocolate, black, or chocolate splash (which looks blue at hatch). Those chicks are not chocolate chicks. They are probably the light sussex.


I don't think that is correct.  I am sure the choc.  the OP is talking about is the sex-linked chocolate.  I haven't read up on it for awhile, but I am fairly positive it breeds true.  Choc. to choc. should be 100% choc. offspring.

Editing to add-  Okay, I went to verify my information.  The choc. gene is a sex-linked recessive.  In a choc. to choc. breeding, all of the offspring should be choc.  Even the dun gene, which is sometimes called "chocolate" in the US (the OP is in the UK anyway), is an incompletely dominant gene so you should never end up with black offspring.  Even when heterozygous, you should see that in the offspring.


Edited by CityChicker - 1/13/10 at 11:52am
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post #8 of 27
1/13/10 at 12:39pm

Are those even Orps? Orps have white legs not yellow.

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post #9 of 27
1/13/10 at 12:41pm
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Originally Posted by M To The Maxx 

Are those even Orps? Orps have white legs not yellow.


Ummmm, they do???

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post #10 of 27
1/13/10 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by M To The Maxx 

Are those even Orps? Orps have white legs not yellow.


Ummmm, they do???


Yeah... Orps have white legs.

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