Blue x (RedxBuff)= Black Barred (yes, it did!)...So, question is....

[speckledhen]

Blue Orp rooster over RIRxBuff Orp hen produced a black cockerel chick with major barring. Obviously, the roo has a barring gene that just cropped up in the chick, but my question is,could you produce Blue Barred Orpingtons with this boy? Would crossing this cockerel over a Splash Orp hen give you the blues you normally expect from black over splash? And would there be barring in the blue, do you think? Not sure how the red/buff in his lineage would affect the outcome of black over splash. Genetics people, here's your puzzle! I am giving away this 3/4 Orp barred cockerel, but I'd like to be able to tell the new owner what direction to go with him as a genetics project. I will try to get good pics of the chick in question, if need be. Thanks in advance for your input!

 

[EweSheep]

I know the barring gene is dominant in some cases. That would be one interesting project too!

It would be interesting to see how this line would go!

 

[Year of the Rooster]

I'm not sure if you know of this site, Speckledhen, but I have been fooling around with it for a while.

http://home.hetnet.nl/~h.meijers69/...loc:e+/e+&fgt=Sloc:s+/-,Iloc:i+/i+,Eloc:e+/e+

I tried crossing a Blue Barred bird to a Blue bird and the offspring turned out to be Splash Barred?, Blue Barred, and Black Barred.

 

[Henk69]

If he is from buff/RIR you better use him to backcross with buffs or RIR to get buff barreds or red barreds. Use his father to make blue barreds.

 

[Huny]

With my limited knowledge of genetics, I agree with Henk. Keep us informed!

 

[speckledhen]

Thanks! So, you dont think he'll throw blues, even if his sire is blue? A red or buff barred would be cool, I think. Very interesting!

 

[speckledhen]

Here is the little tyke who is 3/4 Orp and 1/4 RIR.

And here is his full brother...weird, huh?

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

What do you think it will look like when it grows up?

 

[speckledhen]

I have no idea what he'll grow up to look like, exactly. There are Barred Orps across the pond, I believe, but I don't know of any here. I do know that one of Suede's sons in Idaho threw a barred chick, but haven't seen a pic of him/her in a long time.

 

[kelliepulido]

I have a barred americanna