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I had some brown leak out in a Blue 'lorps wing.....I was told it was undesirable. A shame as he was on the short list for keeping. It only got bigger!

Well there you go, I always thought Orp's had yellow soles. Thanks for bringing me up to speed on that. One of those things I heard someone say and just took it as correct.

Are the underside of the feet white or yellow? It's hard to make some details out in that pic with the colour's. My guess is if it's black, and resembles an Australorp, but has yellow feet it could be a Black Orpington. Depending on where they come from they can sometimes look similar...

Legs look black/slate to me

Yes, I'm not suggestion now that you need to remove birds or anything, I would just like to have a few people offer up BA's around this age, then we can have a bit of a pool of birds from different places and see if this method is reliable outside of one breeder. No stress, just a few pics so...

Our BA is still laying well, she is also the last of the flock to start her 1 year old molt, all the other hen graduates are looking shaggy and off the lay, but the reliable Aussie is still going well. Hope she holds out a bit longer until on of the other girls come back to laying.

If you have two, try get a pic of each, straight on so we can see the thickness of the comb. A number of pages back we talked about early sexing using this method in BA's. WOuld be great to give it another run and see how it works for your birds. Just a single clear photo of each bird...

I saw that section had been opened, there was a good introduction in the Coronation Sussex thread. I am not a breeder, but I do like to see pics and read about the SOP. I think having the distinction between breed chat and critique is important. Backyard owners can easily be offended by honest...

Pretty clearly shows the difference between male and female development in the last post's pics!

Excellent, thanks CB (and CG, I never know which of you two posts and always refer to you as CB!) I had an idea of how you did it, but had trouble expressing the details. I am keen to know if this method applies to other breeds too, might have to do some testing next time I hatch!

Yes, both were males. CB was saying that he picks it from the thickness of the comb, which shows quite early. Pullets have a more thin or narrow comb where the males have a thicker or wider comb, evident even at this early age. I find it hard to describe better than that, but he had said once...

I have seen a heap of early sexing methods tried, but only relied on the waiting method. I had a pair of Blue Australorps that I desperately wanted to be pullets. A local breeder on here @CB and CG recommends reliable sexing by comb width. The height and colour indicators come in later, but...

Maybe quietly listing off the Colonel's secret herbs and spices.

Very wow was not a bad thing, I think they are stunning samples.

Very wow!

I have a area like this in my run. I can vouch it works well. My mesh is on a hing so I can lift it for cleaning if need be. I have neglected it a bit this summer as we had a heap of bird moulting and some feathers would get trapped in there, reducing the grow area. I have some run...

Hey BC, pics anytime, love seeing your birds.

Unfortunatly, I won't be able to share older pics of our "Blues Brothers" (the one with the brown leakage in the wing has spread to both side, so we sold both of them. We only have blacks now, will be back on the hunt for another blue next time we hatch.

Thanks mate, Will keep an eye on him and post some better pics in a week or so and see how the patch develops.

Oh dang! At the moment it looks like just one feather on the left wing, nothing on the right one that I can see. I liked his colour, the dark blue we have is really dark, and he was crowing at 10 weeks lol. I have only been holding off moving him along because you mentioned having good success...