I want a columbian mini Orpington for mothers day, how do I get it

i would buy a Lav orpington bantam male and a columbian rock LF female

mate them to get 100% split, that gives lav gene but they look like columbian rocks

then breed Lav Orp bantan with the smallest hen you have from F1

that should give you 25% lav hackle orps

if you was to breed your F1 together you would get 25% coranation sussexs

but then this ratio is only accurate when you hatch extreamly large amount of eggs

i mentioned bantam due to you asking about size

crossing a FL with a bantam should give you a size of chicken in between

you could always try the other way round and swap the orp for LF and Columbian to bantam

the colour, patern, size, eggs, body shape is all down to dominaint genes

and you can use the punnet square for that

as for lav hakles i understand there is a breeding guide you can follow

again as i said you would need to hatch out loads to get the ratios mentioned

hope fully there you can get the hackles and the orp

You are going to have to find a male columbian bantam to mate with the lav orpington females. Once you have found the male ( and the larger the better) you can get started. Post again when you have found the male.

Tim

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Originally Posted by nunlef 

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oh and one more thing

can i get mine milky please

I don't know what bantam Orps are out there and what are rare and not rare, but the quickest way to do it if possible is Buff Orp x Black/Blue/Splash bantam Orp, or even a Chocolate Orp will do, and work from there, quickest way is F1 x F1 or you can also go F1 x Black, and back to the Buff again.

Point is, Columbian already is/can be Wheaten with Columbian restrictor gene. Buffs already have that, just, with many other genes too. Adding a solid extended black (or also blue, splash, or chocolate) will break up the genes in Buff and allow you to, down the road of either 1 more or 2-3 more generations, pick out the one with only the Columbian gene and pure Wheaten, nothing else. Also, BBS birds in most if not all cases carry the silver gene, which is essential in getting you a "Light" or silver Columbian instead of a Buff Columbian. Now, I don't have full experience working with Wheaten-based Columbians, not even sure they will look as nice as Partridge based, but, it's a start.

Or you can always add Partridge Orps into the scenario but it will be a longer road, especially considering I think there's, what, 2-5 people in the US with such? Or none? Can't remember if they've already been imported yet or not.

Y'all just short circuited my brain...ouch.