Can you get a Blue Orpington from a Buff?

[crystallane]

Last summer one of my pullets went broody. I put a couple of eggs under her thinking they were from my BA and BR. Well one of the chicks was a grayish color. I was never very sure how she came out that color. I just saw a picture of a Blue Orpington pullet and she looked a lot like mine, so I was just wondering.

This is the Dad. I don't have any idea what he is.

 

[ChickenWisperer]

No......


I don't know how, unless she isn't a pure buff.


As far as I'm aware, there is only one way to get blue - from b/b/s.

 

[crystallane]

Okay, I was just wondering. Guess I still don't know why she is that color.

 

[SteveH]

Actually I believe that roo is a splash , black breast , mix of some sort , and would produce blue when used over a buff hen .

 

[storminstaffs]

what breed is your big red roo as i have one that looks the same

 

[ChickenWisperer]

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That roo isn't a splash. Splashes are white or lavendar-ish with blue feathers mixed in. I could believe red bleedthrough, but I think he's too red for that, too.

Do you have any other roos on the property?

He does look like an orpington cross though.

 

[SteveH]

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That roo isn't a splash. Splashes are white or lavendar-ish with blue feathers mixed in. I could believe red bleedthrough, but I think he's too red for that, too.

Do you have any other roos on the property?

He does look like an orpington cross though.

In splash versions of a color where there is limited amount of black pattern , over say red , that's been diluted to blue ; the two blue patterned birds produce a splash where the major base color remains vibrant and the black patterning is reduced to white and blue .
ETA : I think it more likely that hen is an offspring of that roo over a Black Australorpe , and not experienced enough to state with certainty that the buff hen might be the mother . Could even be a sexlinked offspring of a barred rock and that roo . The males would have been barred with blue .

 

[ChickenWisperer]

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That roo isn't a splash. Splashes are white or lavendar-ish with blue feathers mixed in. I could believe red bleedthrough, but I think he's too red for that, too.

Do you have any other roos on the property?

He does look like an orpington cross though.

In splash versions of a color where there is limited amount of black pattern , over say red , that's been diluted to blue ; the two blue patterned birds produce a splash where the major base color remains vibrant and the black patterning is reduced to white and blue .
ETA : I think it more likely that hen is an offspring of that roo over a Black Australorpe , and not experienced enough to state with certainty that the buff hen might be the mother . Could even be a sexlinked offspring of a barred rock and that roo . The males would have been barred with blue .

Oh! Thanks. Gee, genetics are confusing!