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Who'd a thought we'd make it so far in just a few months. They're practically everywhere now!

Quote: Good luck. Perhaps you'll accomplish obtaining the first Choc Orps in North America.

Quote: When are they due? How can you tell her father carries the CHOC gene if Chocolate splits don't show any brown feathering?

Quote: It certainly is possible. Her father needs to have had 1 copy of the CHOC gene, though. Tell us if she stays that color. From whom did you receive her?

How would you make a chocolate using the DUN gene?

Do your birds carry the Dun gene?

Quote: Definitely NOT chocolate. Thats a red orpington. The only way to get chocolate is if the father carried the CHOC gene or if the mother was chocolate. Read some of the earlier posts. Is the gene sex-linked?

` Thanks for the useful information! `

Quote: That's what we'd like to know.

Quote: Do you think that it would be wrong to distribute these as chocolate, as it doesn't carry the CHOC gene? It's weird because in the reports of those who produced a Chocolate from a Buff and Blue Orp, the gene is also sex-linked.

Thanks! I'll look into it.

Quote: Importation seems like an extremely strenuous task. Any breeders in the US, anyone?!

So what would be the primary way to obtain Chocolate colored birds? I'm horrible with genetics...

Chocolate Orpingtons have been a great desire of mine for the past few weeks. There so, I've done a lot of research of this mutation and have found several dead ends. My first question is...Is there a difference between Chocolate Orpingtons and Brown Orpingtons? I know true Chocolate Orpingtons...