I have lots of Jubilee Orpington babies, a few lavender and a few BBS available. I am located in Central GA, in Barnesville. Current NPIP 57-1833. Posting pictures of adults and babies. For more about us, please visit https://www.just4funorpingtons.com/
Prices as follows:
Jubilee Chicks $10...
This is the most help I have ever seen on Jubilee.... I get yellow chicks and chipmunk color. If I read you correctly, I should retain only chipmunk color chicks for next generation for better color? Attaching a few pictures of my adult jubilees...
I had a buff hen but no rooster for her... someone suggested I pair her with a Jubilee so I did. The babies are just under 12 weeks. What color are they? And should I add the pullets to the Jubilee pen or what to use on them or even IF I should keep them...
My lavender hens have a lavender laced isabel cockerel. They are laying and I have some eggs in the incubator. What should I expect in the chicks as to color? And one more thing... is this a good idea to breed together?
You are wise, and I appreciate your thoughtful and forthright answers :) I am in the USA in central Georgia. I know that a lot of people like the "English" version of the Orpington for its beauty. I am somewhere in between and I have to educate myself more on the Standard of Perfection. I do...
Well I love the beautiful colors of the Jubilee, but I don't want to "water it down" as it were. My other pen is lavender with a lavender laced isabel rooster... and I already know not to cross the lavender with buff :) As to letting these chicks mate with one another, I would be nervous about...
Thank you for your detailed reply! They are in my puppy barn and my brooder is a big tote, though not as large as yours. They are protected from the weather and predators, and there is a heat lamp at one end of the tote for warmth for them.
Interesting also that the Jubilee spots are...