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    sex links traits?

    By EE do you mean Easter Egg? The EEs are not reliable colours He does appear to be gold. You would definitely get sex linked offspring from the Barred Plymouth Rock & from the Delaware. The female offspring being non barred & the males being barred. It is possible you might be able to get...
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    Lavender and Blue genes - cross outcome?

    The blue gene & lavender genes are not linked so I see no reason for the presence of one to make a greater probability of also having the other. There is a darker grey form of lavender, probably the effects of melanisers. You will soon know if they are really blue by the way the gene behaves...
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    Lavender and Blue genes - cross outcome?

    I don't breed silkies, but I have bred blue into lavender, because I wanted the type from the blue. Other than the type I wanted, there was nothing particular to gain from adding blue. My lavs with blue looked like lavs except the colour was uneven, particularly around the hackle area.
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    They are Self Blue not Lavender.

    That does seem to be the case in USA but not everywhere else. For instance, in UK breeds such as Araucanas, Orpingtons etc. are quite happy using "Lavender" without anyone quibbling about the name. In Leghorns Lavenders are called "blue" (not self blue, just blue). Some breeds have a "self...
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Quote: There are a lot of very nice, typey UK type black Orps. If you breed him to blacks, then breed him to his daughters, in order to keep the silver (most blacks are gold & most black cuckoos ought to be silver) this ought to help improve type. To continue to improve you may need to take...
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    The splash gene is not on the Z chromosome.. Splash is the homozygous form of the autosomal, incompletely dominant gene blue (Bl). Autosomal means that the gene is not on a sex chromosome & thus will be inherited equally from both parents. If the OP breeds splash to blue they will, all things...
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    Beige vs. Platinum Blue

    Highly unlikely, I know, but under certain circs het dominant white can give a similar beige colour to the bird at the top. This hen is het domnant white, undefluff is white. I have some which are darker. Sorry she was tatty at time of photo.
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    Cuckoo vs Barred - Same genes?

    Cuckoo is caused by the barring gene (B) most often in conjunction with the rapid fathering gene (k+). However, in some breeds with slower feathering (K) & barring gene (B) the name for the variety is named "cuckoo" while not exactly having the blurred appearance traditionally called "cuckoo"...
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    Lemon Blue Cochins~~***BRAND NEW PICTURES***~~~

    I saw you had a pair that look to be pretty much brown red, especially the pullet & looking good. . I expect they do well for you next year. A lot of the birds have columbian type restrictors (much of the breast, shoulders etc buff or silver) ; some others appear to be on wheaten (light chick...
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    Lemon Blue Cochins~~***BRAND NEW PICTURES***~~~

    What are you all aiming for? County Boy, the first pullet on the fourth row, of your lemon blue folder, would be close if she were blue.
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    Lavender Orpington Thread

    Wing feather sexing only really works reliably on crosses where the male has the sex linked rapid feathering gene k+ & the female has the sex linked slower feathering gene K. Some sex links are made using this gene such as white leghorn male & RIR female. Rate of feather growth is another gene...
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Chickengirl, when a bird is getting ready to come into lay her pin bones start to move apart. In case you are not familiar with the pin bones, they are on her underside below the vent; the first bones you come to moving your fingers along her underside from the vent towards her front. When the...
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    Can you get barring on a partridge colored hen?

    It is not "normal" for barred rocks, but one might expect differences such as you describe in some barred rock crosses.
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    show quality speckled sussex ??

    LOL being "math ace" you'll probably get on well with genetics if/when you get into it.
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    Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons

    Barring often does not express very well on pheomelanin (red pigment) & even less well on adult females. A female can appear to be solid buff while, in fact, being barred & she will still pass on the barrig gene to her male offspring. This can usually be seen to some extent in certain places. I...
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