Calling All Orpington Gurus!!

[JadeFarms]

Glad I’m figuring out the “Head of the Masters” real quick now I know who to ask for each breed lol

If you have any Cochin questions ask @Overo Mare any leghorn questions ask @The Moonshiner

 

[black_cat]

If you have any Cochin questions ask @Overo Mare any leghorn questions ask @The Moonshiner

Yep!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thinking up more interesting color, pattern possibilities .

 

[The Moonshiner]

Splash, cuckoo would look neat .

Really? Barring is almost invisible on splash.

 

[Painted Calls]

Happy would be in bed right now. I will let Happy reveal Happy's gender.

 

[CrazyClucks]

Breed the LC to the jubilee. He has the barring gene. She has the mottled gene. Besides that theyre fairly close. LC has a dilute gene that changes red to buff and a gene to remove the black tail.
You can get some interesting varieties from crossing that pairs offspring.

Ahhh wooooow!! I didn’t know that!!! That would be cool looking! Thanks for that!!

 

[CrazyClucks]

Thinking up more interesting color, pattern possibilities .

EXACTLY! It’s kind of hard! I was doing plans in my head and thought about if I got a silver laced orp roo and bred it to my Lavender hen to try to throw a “lavender laced” but I thought the black in the silver laced would dominate the lavender gene which would darken the whole pattern out I reaaaaally love the lacing look and that is the ONLY coloring/breed I haven’t ever had!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Really? Barring is almost invisible on splash.

Wouldn't hurt to try it.

 

[MysteryChicken]

EXACTLY! It’s kind of hard! I was doing plans in my head and thought about if I got a silver laced orp roo and bred it to my Lavender hen to try to throw a “lavender laced” but I thought the black in the silver laced would dominate the lavender gene which would darken the whole pattern out I reaaaaally love the lacing look and that is the ONLY coloring/breed I haven’t ever had!

Lavender is recessive, so you'll need two copies. It's another black diluter gene, like blue, but different. Blue is dominate over black.

 

[MysteryChicken]

EXACTLY! It’s kind of hard! I was doing plans in my head and thought about if I got a silver laced orp roo and bred it to my Lavender hen to try to throw a “lavender laced” but I thought the black in the silver laced would dominate the lavender gene which would darken the whole pattern out I reaaaaally love the lacing look and that is the ONLY coloring/breed I haven’t ever had!

A lavender laced Orpington will look cool.