6 Orpington eggs pure buff or milli color.

[shay20]

Up for auction is 6 Orpington eggs, now they can either be Millie color or pure Buffs,
I have Buff orpington hens with 2 roosters 1 rooster is pure Buff orpington and the other is a Milli Fluer d'uccle, i have seen them both tag the ladys. belive it or not yea the millie was able to tag a few, lol
whant to add so there is no confuseing if the babys comeout from the dady being the milli fluer d'uccle that means the orp chicks are not pure they will probably have feathered feet, ( ohhh cute feathered feet orps. )

I will go takes pics soon.

 

[kbeagle]

well, hurry up shay, so we can see the pictures. lol....

i'm waiting.

 

[shay20]

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I know, i have to drag myself outside and get them.

 

[charmedbychickens]

I have never seen a millie orp. And I still havn't. Where's the pic?!

Patience is not my specialty.

 

[shay20]

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lol, i did not take any yet, i know i am on a slum today,
i dont have any chicks from them yet i have eggs in the bator from them, so yea i dont know what they are going to look like yet either.

 

[RAREROO]

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For those of you wondering about the color

If they're an F1 cross of the Mille dUccle roo on Buff hens then

1) they wouldn't be pure Mille Orps

2) they won't even be the mille fluer color, they will look like black tail buff or buff columbian.

The gene responsible for the mille fluer pattern ( Mottling) is recessive and needs two copies to show the mottling, so if a mottled bird ( dUccle) is bred to a non mottled bird ( Buff Orp), all the offspring will carry only one copy of the mottleing gene ( called Split motted) and may show light mottleing in the breasts as young birds, but it will molt out before the birds mature leaveing the black tailed Buff colored bird.

If you breed those F1s together, about 25% of the F2s will be mottled ( Mille Fluer) but again, not pure Orps.

If you want to see true Red Mille Fluer Orpingtons, then look up Jubilee Orpingtons, hinkjc is working on them.

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

Shay, are you going to have any of these eggs at the swap this weekend?

i know i shouldn't be looking for more eggs but i'm just curious in case i want to sneak a few into the house and under a broody

 

[LarryPQ]

I could really use some Millie Orps for my project....

 

[shay20]

Chickie'sMoma :

Shay, are you going to have any of these eggs at the swap this weekend?

i know i shouldn't be looking for more eggs but i'm just curious in case i want to sneak a few into the house and under a broody

Yep i will.

 

[shay20]

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For those of you wondering about the color

If they're an F1 cross of the Mille dUccle roo on Buff hens then

1) they wouldn't be pure Mille Orps

2) they won't even be the mille fluer color, they will look like black tail buff or buff columbian.

The gene responsible for the mille fluer pattern ( Mottling) is recessive and needs two copies to show the mottling, so if a mottled bird ( dUccle) is bred to a non mottled bird ( Buff Orp), all the offspring will carry only one copy of the mottleing gene ( called Split motted) and may show light mottleing in the breasts as young birds, but it will molt out before the birds mature leaveing the black tailed Buff colored bird.

If you breed those F1s together, about 25% of the F2s will be mottled ( Mille Fluer) but again, not pure Orps.

If you want to see true Red Mille Fluer Orpingtons, then look up Jubilee Orpingtons, hinkjc is working on them.

i am still interested in seeing how they come out, yea the millie would have the feather feet.


my stupidy takeing things the wrong way tonight.