Ok thank you. From my research, if i cross a gold laced wyandotte with a partridge orpington(closest genetics i can get to the gold laced) i will still end up with all dark legs with white soles as im pretty sure the orpington is E genetics. So i guess i will stick with that leg colour. Time...
Hello experts :) i have another question. I know there aren't many places with gold laced orpingtons in the standards. But i was wondering what leg colour would be preferred? Am i right to say most GL orps have a slate/blue leg colour? I wasnt sure if yellow would be the preferred colour?
Thanks
Hi, i have a partridge orpington rooster that has black legs with white soles. Would it be fair to assume he is
E/Eb
Id/Id
w+/w+
He has partridge colouring but very dark like he was crossed with a black orp. Thanks
Thanks Corancher. I figured it would take a long time. I live in Australia and i honestly haven't seen anyone at all with GL orps. The Australian Orpington club website says its in development. I like the idea of having a project to work at haha even though it would be hard to have the patience
Hi, where i live there aren't many people developing gold laced Orpingtons. I have a blue orp rooster and black and blue hens. Was looking at how to start developing gold laced. Would i be able to buy a trio of gold laced wyandottes and put the rooster over my 2 orp hens and put my blue orp...
Ok thanks, im new to having chickens so have no idea how the breeding works. Just googled rooster breeds and thought it looked a bit like those 2 breeds lol. I dare say there is alot more to it