The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

[RobG7aChattTN]

I need to do that too. I trimmed the vent feathers on my Wyandottes but really they probably would all benefit from a trim. Now that the weather has warmed it certainly wouldn't hurt.

 

[mollybuck]

Did you trim butts?  That might help.

Um. No I didn't do that! Is it all the feathers on the rear or just around the vent? Tail too? I love their fluffy butts!!

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

Just around the vent. I honestly have only done it on my Wyandottes but the fluffier the butt the more they need a cut! They will still look fluffy...just trim a bit around the vent...maybe a centimeter in every direction.

 

[mollybuck]

Just around the vent. I honestly have only done it on my Wyandottes but the fluffier the butt the more they need a cut! They will still look fluffy...just trim a bit around the vent...maybe a centimeter in every direction.

Huh. I have a trio of Wyandotte. I haven't ever done it to them... but they may get trimmed too! Thanks!

 

[kittydoc]

I trim all my hens, and occasionally a roo, down the point where they resemble a hatchery hen in the back. That means roughly an inch or more is removed, and I go out about 3 inches in all directions from the cloaca, including the lower part of the tail (not very far). I only leave 1/2" to 3/4" of plumage in that zone. It worked well for my Jubilees in terms of fertility (though not in hatchability), and I just did it for a group of new English blue Orps that just finished quarantine.

Question for the admins: Is it forbidden to advertise chicks or birds on this thread? The rules vary from thread to thread, and I don't want to violate the rules. At minimum, is it OK to post photos of chicks and let human nature take its course if someone wants to PM the poster to see if they are for sale, or if more are coming?

Thank you.

 

[kittydoc]

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

So if you cross a conventional Jubilee roo over a blue Orp hen, what's the typical ratio of chicks? Are they also hatched yellow and get color in a week or so, or what? THANKS in advance!

 

[SanderB]

So if you cross a conventional Jubilee roo over a blue Orp hen, what's the typical ratio of chicks? Are they also hatched yellow and get color in a week or so, or what? THANKS in advance!

You will get anything from black/blue to red chicks.
Then you cross the most reddish ones (with blue) with each other and you will get blue jubilee.

 

[wyandodo]

So if you cross a conventional Jubilee roo over a blue Orp hen, what's the typical ratio of chicks? Are they also hatched yellow and get color in a week or so, or what? THANKS in advance!

As mentioned earlier, I crossed a jubilee cockerel with a splash hen.
You'll get the same chicks + black colored downs as @SanderB explained. I don't think you'll see lots of red those first weeks.

Here are my jubilee x splash and jubilee x blue laced gold chicks at one week old :



jubilee x splash









jubilee x blue laced gold

 

[mollybuck]

As mentioned earlier, I crossed a jubilee cockerel with a splash hen.
You'll get the same chicks + black colored downs as @SanderB explained. I don't think you'll see lots of red those first weeks.

Here are my jubilee x splash and jubilee x blue laced gold chicks at one week old :



jubilee x splash









jubilee x blue laced gold

 

[wyandodo]

@mollybuck

I saved some pictures on my computer that aren't mine but from a Belgian breeder of Asseels.
Hope to see you start the blue jubilee project!