Blue/red Orps?? Genetics & possible projects?

[chickenwhisperer123]

Tgrlilly : Follow through with your goals. You have a start, and you should go for it. Dont let anyone say that you cant, because 99% of BYC is here to help, and the 1% that thinks the project is a bad idea, shouldnt keep you from your goal.

Good Luck!!

Jason

 

[tberggren]

Quote:
Well I don't know what to tell you, there is only a 2 inch opening where the door latches and no way any other hen could of physically gotten in there. Like I said I will start collecting her eggs again and see what we get. ;o)

 

[Goose and Fig]

Hi everyone,
I am the breeder and my birds are from Gordies stock. You can see the parent birds on my webpage.

Here is a boy my Splash girl hatched out, I know she is the mom since she was in a pen going broody with purchased eggs under her, she must of decided to add one of her own (as the purchased eggs were a totally different breed)

Here is what he looks like today



There is a very slight chance the Buff Orp is the sire as he did get in the pen one day, but that was a very long time ago, and I made sure not to collect eggs for a good three weeks after. But I must say now I wish I had noted it on the calender.

Anyway, just some added info for the group to consider.

So after looking at these do you still think <<The bird appears to be columbian restricted (as Henk said) and birchen. I say birchen because his wing bay appears to be blue. He is carrying melanotic- he has black in his hackles. He does not carry the pattern gene.>>

I am thinking I may have to separate my Splash hen again and collect her eggs and see what she hatches, (unfortunately the Blue and Black hens both are broody at this time)

Does anyone else think that looks like a sex-link hen? I have Orps of all ages and the roos have a noticeable comb by the time they are that size. I'd say 5 weeks old and you can be sure.​

 

[tgrlily]

Thanks to everyone who is being so supportive of my project! Noah named him Torch... because he needs a name if we're keeping him.

HI Theresa! I have 4, 8 & 12 week pics... hope this helps!
I think he's about 8 weeks old in this pic. DH & I disagree about the sex of the blue Orp pictured with him... I still say she's a girl.

This was Torch at 4 weeks old:

This is his brother, taken last weekend.

At 8 weeks:

At 4 weeks:

 

[tgrlily]

Quote:
Well I don't know what to tell you, there is only a 2 inch opening where the door latches and no way any other hen could of physically gotten in there. Like I said I will start collecting her eggs again and see what we get. ;o)

If the blue roo was over the splash hen couldn't they produce that chick if one of the parents carried the red but didn't show it?

I hope that made sense!

 

[Krys109uk]

Tberggrens' bird appears to be black which is not a possible colour from a splash parent. A splash bird carries two blue genes; it's offspring will always inherit a blue gene from it & so could not be black.

 

[tgrlily]

Silly me.... I knew that!

 

[tberggren]

Quote:
There is also a black Orp roo in with her, if he was the sire would that change things??

 

[Henk69]

No way around that ...

A splash hen can not be a mother of a black chicken, ever...

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I've had the same color come out with chicks that were from a Blue Orpington rooster over a Buff Orpington hen. I didn't pursue it tho after only one generation. So I say that's what it is blue over buff.