VERY VERY pretty- nice Orloff too my mottleds came locally its my first ones ever.. they are about 4 months old but still have lots of white.. slowly getting the black. Big ! love how large they are.
Thanks for the encouragement I have a house full of near month old Orloff chicks and more eggs cooking. I'm just in love with the breed.
I'm going to raise the Black Java when I find some eggs or day old chicks to buy that are of good large size soon.
I am going to incubate a good bunch of...
Thanks bigzio! I'll go back and look up that part with big medicines posts. I mean the thread is only 163 pages but I didn't start on page one
Thank you bnjrob for the learning!
It is fun! I didn't see anywhere in the SOP for black java that they are DQ'd for red hackle. But white feather yes. Will be fun to see how your boy matures. I'm going to set a bunch of Auburn eggs end of the month! Very excited! Looking for some nice blacks. Whites would be fun too. Can you...
Masked, you might send a email with a few pics of your roo over to Lyle Behl. He could tell you most probably whether you have a red headed Black Java or a Auburn there. Heres one artcile written on the Auburn by Mr.Behl http://www.javabreedersofamerica.com/javas/auburn/
It gets deep for me...
As for what to do with him? I would just keep him and love him up! Let him mature, this is a breed slow to mature. I know the Auburn Java is not in the APA SOP, but they are a rare heritage breed and they are not easy to come by and I would feel like I got a treat to get one in my blacks. I'm...
Has he molted yet? hes handsome! could be he is carrying Auburn or will be Auburn when he is mature. I'm new to Auburn Java as well so I'll be interested in the comments.