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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.
But i want to clarfy one thing i did not say that the milli colored ones would be pure orps, i said the daddy is a milli fluer d'uccle, ( just incase you think i applying that they are pure)
i also think it is wrong of you to advertise someone else eggs on someone else egg auction.
But i do thank you for the lesson in the how the milli geenes work.
i dont think that he was advertising someone elses eggs, he was just trying to help someone, rareroo was just pointing in the direction so this person can see what they look like,since there are no pic in your auction,i think you should thank rareroo for helping you out in that deparment,you see if they look at those birds they might like what they see and buy your eggs,since you are the one with the auction at the moment.
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.
But i want to clarfy one thing i did not say that the milli colored ones would be pure orps, i said the daddy is a milli fluer d'uccle, ( just incase you think i applying that they are pure)
i also think it is wrong of you to advertise someone else eggs on someone else egg auction.
But i do thank you for the lesson in the how the milli geenes work.
i dont think that he was advertising someone elses eggs, he was just trying to help someone, rareroo was just pointing in the direction so this person can see what they look like,since there are no pic in your auction,i think you should thank rareroo for helping you out in that deparment,you see if they look at those birds they might like what they see and buy your eggs,since you are the one with the auction at the moment.
