Search results for query: *

  1. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Mine get sun bleached too. I hate it when they look so faded until they molt again. I guess having to have 2 copies of the lavender to look lavender made me mis-assume there couldn't be any other colors come thru, even if the parentage had some crosses. So that's all very interesting. Thanks for...
  2. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    I don't understand how lavender can have leakage. What's his background?
  3. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    I don't believe i have ever seen this on any breed of mine if they weren't mottled or carrying mottled. Doesn't mean much, but i haven't seen it. Lol
  4. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    My chocolate boy Bailey is fairly loud, but i have lots of little roosters that sound off all day long. Bailey doesn't crow as often as the others, but his is definitely louder than my bantams (cochins, seramas, old English) I just rehomed a black copper Marans that was louder than Bailey though.
  5. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Exactly. And those males would still be carrying chocolate.
  6. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Female offspring can get chocolate gene from either parent, and they will show it. They cannot hide it. Males have to get the gene from both parents for it to show. If they only get it from one, they are carrying it, but won't show it.
  7. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    The same will apply as far as the mottling, you will get more by mating 2 that have it. But colorwise a black roo not carrying chocolate, mated to a chocolate hen, will give you all black females, and the males will be black carrying chocolate. (in other words, you won't get any visible...
  8. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Mating him to a mottled hen would get you the most mottled offspring, of course. Mottled to mottled = 100% mottled Mottled to carrier = 50% mottled; 50% carriers Mottled to non-carrier = 0% mottled; 100% carriers Carrier to carrier = 25% mottled; 50% carrier; 25% non-carrier Carrier to...
  9. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Do you mean the roo is only carrying the mottled gene? Not actually showing it?
  10. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Momma Mocha giving a piggy back ride :)
  11. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Very pretty, either way!
  12. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Momma Mocha has some babies! Chocolate, black split, mauve/splash! And looks like I got 1 blue.
  13. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    My broody Mocha and one of her chicks. Can't wait to see how many she has when I get home.
  14. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Thank you for your patience with me. Now after looking at the chicks again, they seem to look more alike. Maybe it was the wet look of some, but it's still nice to get confirmation that mine are American. My apologies to all the English folks for clogging up the thread :D
  15. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Good deal. Thanks. Still doesn't explain why the chicks look a little different though. Boys are almost 9 months old. Hatched late June last year.
  16. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    I'm almost embarrassed to post these, my poor girls have gotten pretty muddy. Between this stupid weather, and my husband having 2 surgeries last year, my drainage is horrible. He was preparing to do some dozer work when he had to have the first surgery, and the girls have paid the price. I've...
  17. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    English on the right. I got some pics, need to go thru them real quick. But I thought English lavs were much more uncommon. My line was sold to me as hinkjc (I take that with a grain of salt, because I don't have proof) and the one extra hen that I was given came from a breeder that also...
  18. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    They are all so pretty, I forget to look at what I'm actually supposed to be paying attention to! :D But I just get to look again, so that's ok! Thank you all. I'll get some pics tomorrow, if I don't get snowed in.
  19. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    I'll have to get some new ones. I've been going thru my new phone, and my cloud, and can't find any that show the leg band that I put on the hens that I didn't personally hatch.
  20. WVduckchick

    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    I know the answer is likely in this thread somewhere, and I hate myself for doing this, but I honestly don't have time to continue to search. What's the easiest (most accurate) way to tell English from American? I just hatched some lavenders from my American flock. But a couple of...
Back
Top Bottom