The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

[cherylcohen]

We are now breeding these amazing gentle giants. The flock we have is from 3 unrelated breeding pairs from Greenfire Farms. They are wonderful! We have both Diamond and standard Jubilee colors

Information I gathered from UK websites....
The Jubilee was created to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. It is a bit of a mystery as to exactly what breeds were used to create it, but it is believed to be a descendant of the speckled sussex, and some say the buff orpington.
The feather pattern which makes the Jubilee, is a very complex color, and maturing birds can take up to 18 months to be 'finished'. The shaft should be a dark mahogany with a clear black band, finished with a white tip, or 'pearl' at the end.
There are two different types of the color variation, a darker mahogany ground color which is the traditional Jubilee kind, and a lighter more 'ginger' or buff ground color known as the Diamond Jubilee


Here are a few pictures of the parent stock from Greenfire Farms.

 

[kidcody]

Jubilee Orpington Chick

 

[Miss Molly]

Hello, I am new to the Jubilee Orpington world... Just thought I would share a few Pictures of my Babies

 

[Junibutt]

they aren't frizzled but I know what you mean.
They do stick out all sorts of awkward ways. They will settle down

That makes me feel a lot better. Although I would have taken a Jubilee Frizzled Orpington anytime. lol!

 

[DevilsDenHen]

Not an expert but my chicks all had some chipmunking on them and their beautiful jubilee's now.

 

[wyandodo]

Interesting discussion about the down coloring.
I breed the jubilee Wyandotte bantam variety and see those same down colors.
Since last year I started to follow the individual differences between the chicks with different down colors.
Eventually I only had 2 roosters with those stripes on the back when they were chicks. The other 6 chicks with those stripes became hens.
As mature birds, those who had the stripes in their down ended up darker and with less white.
I kept both roosters and 4 hens + 3 hens who were "normally" colored as chicks.

2013 , my first jubilees


2014, next generations




2015 chicks from March 2nd
Stripes

Normal down




I have read that some of the jubilees are based on e^b/e^b an others on E^Wh/E^Wh.
The first variety would have those stripes.
When you mix both varieties I've heard you end up with a mix like here above.

@Odelia & @kittydoc , maybe it's interesting to keep records of your chicks.
When interested in the evolution of the different types of down, let me know.
I have some more pictures about different age stages.

 

[DevilsDenHen]

So EXCITED!!! My first Jubilee egg!

Ladies will be 26 weeks tommorrow!

 

[SanderB]

Yes it is. And just always cross the blue ones back to the black jubilees.

 

[wyandodo]

@mollybuck and all others that are interested, I have some new pictures.

2 older hens, left : blue laced gold x jubilee, right : splash x jubilee.


3 chicks out of blue laced gold x jubilee, the chick with the lightest blue is a hen, the black marked chick is a cockerel, still have my doubts about the darker blue one.









3 light colored blue hens.






2 darker colored blue hens that are taking longer to get their first feathers.




The remaining 3 out of 5 boys. One of them is the same age as the hens on the first picture.






Hope to see some pictures of your chicks @mollybuck !

 

[HighStreetCoop]

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I'm trying to picture the chaos that would ensue if I attempted to puck feathers out of my rooster's bum. O.O