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I'll have to get current pics. DH was in a hurry packing birds on Sunday and I didn't get pics of everybody.
Have you been able to get them to retain their mottling? How about leg color? I am having the hardest time with mottling in my orps- it just vanishes at about 3 or 4 months
Amy, have you bred the birds with mottling that "vanishes" together?
My guess is that these birds are carrying the gene recessivly and as they age and grow in their adult plumage they lose their spots. By breeding them together you should get birds that visually express and keep their mottling.
We are talking Orps too, right? I need some of them if so!
Dak, I'd love to see some updated pics of your Mottled Ameraucanas, too.
I'll have to get current pics. DH was in a hurry packing birds on Sunday and I didn't get pics of everybody.

Have you been able to get them to retain their mottling? How about leg color? I am having the hardest time with mottling in my orps- it just vanishes at about 3 or 4 months

Amy, have you bred the birds with mottling that "vanishes" together?
My guess is that these birds are carrying the gene recessivly and as they age and grow in their adult plumage they lose their spots. By breeding them together you should get birds that visually express and keep their mottling.
We are talking Orps too, right? I need some of them if so!

Dak, I'd love to see some updated pics of your Mottled Ameraucanas, too.