partridge and blue partridge orpingtons

RedReiner said:

I think I have seen you do that on other pics too. leakage or not, its still a blue bird not a black one. right? thats what I was asking

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Correct. I was seen the red leakage, something is restricting the boys chest and I just can´t figure out what´s causing that. Pg on itself can´t do that

These are neat birds and an awful lot of fun to be looking at. Thanks for sharing Mr. Follows. Love the hens especially with their type, feather quality and not overly dark color. Partridge can be a bit different on both sides of the water. Here in North America it is often extremely dark; so dark that it can be hard to see the hackle striping from a few feet away as the dark cherry red is itself nearly black. These lighter colored partridge are very striking partly because the color contrasts can be seen. At any rate the color has existed for some breeds for a very long time and is not always perfect even now. Meaning black (or blue) breasts may still be laced or somewhat taken over with red color. Especially with cockerels. Hen color as liked by some tends to breed these unsound colored breasts and they themselves may have been sired by a similar male. Even sound colored cock breasts might have shown an amazing amount of color as a growing, maturing cockerel. At any rate I am going to stare at these birds shared with us and enjoy the positives shown rather than get overly concerned about exactitude of color. It may not be perfect, may be very far from it, but it's an excellent work in progress in my estimation. Wondered too what sort of geese are in the background? Looks like they have plenty of substance and size.

Hi All,
These pictures should have been destined for the English orpington thread where i have been downloading pictures of orpingtons in various colours, it seems somehow i have started a new thread, my computor skills are seriously lacking and i haven't a clue how to move it where it should be!

The question about the red on the breast of the cockerels is easily explained, to breed hens with clear markings you need to use a pullet breeding cock ie: a bird with blotchy breast, he carries the gene for good lacing, the solid breasted males are cock breeders, o.k. for breeding males for the show pen but useless for breeding quality hens, you will get very dark poorly marked hens these in turn will produce solid breasted show type cockerels, for showing purposes cocks and hens cannot be produced from the same pen, only from seperate male and female lines, i keep only a pullet breeding line,

The geese in the background are toulouse, both the normal grey and a lavender strain i developed

Bob

Bob, we don't usually double mate here but can come close with a really laced/blotchy cockerel who then clears up considerably. Plus the idea that our basic partridge color is often very dark. Love the color on your pullet breeders. Was trying to figure the geese out and had an Ah HA! moment. Went and looked at Mark's site and thought those would have been your stuff. And here they are again. So interesting to see the results of someones careful breeding. Please, keep the photos coming.

Partridge in any breed, type or color is BEAUTIFUL!

Oh Boy! They are really cool... love them...Keep up the good work!

Bob those hens look really nice!

hi orpington man You have some beautiful partridge orpingtons. I want to ask you a favour if I post some pictures of my seven week olfactory partridge orpingtons who you know if they are hens or rooster?

seven week old*