The Imported English Jubilee Orpington Thread

[chrissyr]

How do you trim your jubilee s bottoms for breeding?

plucking is better I feel. Trimming causes Stubbs which can be painful upon contact and deter breeding

 

[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 !

 

[mollybuck]

@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

 

[wyandodo]

@mollybuck

This is the first year I made this cross. Only thoughts and expectations, no experience yet.
So far, the chicks out of jubilee x splash appear to be mainly blue with some red accents in the chest.
I expect more and more red coming through as they mature, but this first year they should be more blue than red.

As for the cross with the blue laced golden hen...
Jubilee, red porcelain, millefleur or whatever the term is overseas can be based on wheaten (yellow-reddish down) or on e^b/e^b (chipmunk stripes on the back of day-old chicks). I am no specialist when it comes to genetics, just an observant listener/reader.
Blue laced red/gold Wyandottes are e^b/e^b so that's already a good base. The big difference in these 2 colors (jubilee and BLR) is the Pg + Ml genes that make the laced birds show their lacing. Also columbia plays an important role in the lacing pattern but jubilees have the same columbia gene so that's a good thing.
So conclusion : there isn't that much difference between these 2 colors.
Therefore a blue laced golden hen ended up being a good "tool" to replace the black with blue markings on my jubilee Wyandottes.

Playing with the calculator proved to be a good method to understand the basic stuff of color genetics.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Playing with the calculator proved to be a good method to understand the basic stuff of color genetics.

I love that thing. Total time suck.

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

plucking is better I feel. Trimming causes Stubbs which can be painful upon contact and deter breeding

I thought that if you plucked that the feathers pulled would be quickly replaced and if you trimmed then the feathers wouldn't be replaced until the next molt.

 

[chick-among-us]

My jubilees a couple of them had feathers on their feet...not much but some...is this a throw back of some kind?

 

[HighStreetCoop]

My jubilees a couple of them had feathers on their feet...not much but some...is this a throw back of some kind?

Yes, to the Cochin that was mixed in. It's a fault in Orps, so try to breed away from it as much as possible.

 

[Jhawker]

The Jubilee are our favorite to watch as they are so pretty. For layers I like my EE. the Jubs aren't laying yet.