Blue Orpington Cockerel over Brahma...Need advice!

[rodriguezpoultry]

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Hm really? All of mine came out with "smush" combs which were a combination of single and pea?

 

[speckledhen]

That's why I said "modified" pea combs. Zuni Bee, who is a member here, has his own website with pictures of some of the birds I mentioned. He liked them so much, he decided to keep a breeding trio. Some do have the gob of chewing gum combs and some have pretty good pea types.

Here's a picture of Glenda.

 

[Rootball]

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With a few more matings you can get perfect blue buff colombians where the Buff is the same and the black is replaced by blue. F1 generations are usually just a halfway point towards what you can get.

 

[Rootball]

Does anyone know

The color genetics of orpingtons, which allele are they based on at E etc.?

 

[speckledhen]

I might have done that, Rootball, but at this point I have to pick and choose my projects carefully. No room for this one, but I do like the birds that come from the cross very much.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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Interesting! Mine all came out with the modified combs. Some came out with single combs...but those were always the males. Yours looks like the beginnings of a Black Brahma!

 

[Goose and Fig]

Glenda is gorgeous! Nice big fluffy butt- that is a nice cross!

 

[Krys109uk]

Yeah show us some pics

Erm....you're asking a lot here....cameras & I don't get on.

I doubt I could take a picture of a flower let alone a chicken.

My ineptitude as a photographer is embarrassing.

Here are some pics I took about a month ago. Both birds were just over 5 weeks at the time. they have grown a lot since then. As usual they are terrible pics.

The Orp pullet in the pic was the oldest almost lavender partridge Orp of this years hatches. She appears to have one pattern gene. For whatever reason her yellow colour does not show up well in this picture.

The male is from the same hatch but I think he has no pattern genes but he is eb. He is mostly lavender colour all over with a bit of yellow straw just coming in now. The orange colour on his breast is a reflection from the new shed (in the pullet pic).

These are the almost partridge Orps...still have issues which need work. Please ignore poor male's frost bitten comb.

Now that shows what a terrible photographer I am. I'll try to get some better pics of the colours on the lavender partridge. Mostly it's a matter of trying to put them somewhere where they might stand still.

 

[Krys109uk]

The color genetics of orpingtons, which allele are they based on at E etc.

Black, blue, etc, lav, cuckoo, choc, are usually on extended black.

Buff, buff cuckoo (or lemon cuckoo), jubilee & red are on wheaten.

Partridge & silver penciled type colours, lavender partridge, or blue versions thereof are on brown.

I've read that buff laced are on wheaten but perhaps I'm not sure.
I've been making laced colours on wheaten but am going to change it to brown.​

 

[hinkjc]

Wow, that blue orp/brama is handsome! So who's doing coronation brahma? Ah, that would be a sight to behold!

Krys - do you know if white orps are dominant or recessive white?