Chocolate Orpington Project

[greenfamilyfarms]

Oh my! I just had a light bulb moment. I have one chocolate OEGB rooster. I'm not sure of this exact genotype, but he is phenotypically chocolate, so he has to be either homozygous dominant or heterozygous dominant for the chocolate gene.

Do you think that if I was to cross him with Black Orp bantam hens that it would be worth my efforts? I know it would take several generations to even get anything that is close to a Choc Orp bantam.

More info on the chocolate gene:
https://secuservices.com/ideal/newideal/selectproduct.aspx?qty=1&ID=CHOEB&Product=96

 

[RAWR]

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its worth a try

 

[KinderKorner]

lol I found and read that article already. But the fact is it doesn't help. That just tells us that it was a mutation.

I think the easiest way, at least for me. Would be to get some Chocolate Polish, breed to nice black orps, then breed the F 1's together to get the chocolate color. Then back to Black Orps.

Do this several times, and hurray. Chocolate Orps. Hopefully. lol

 

[KinderKorner]

Yes! That is what you need to do. It should work.

I was just going to use polish because I have no chocolate birds. And they seem to work the best for me.

Give it a try! It will take a while, but it should work.

 

[RAWR]

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sounds lodgical :] i would try it and if it works,PLAESE DOO TELL US!!

 

[scbatz33]

I should think if you do the polish or oegb route, and use real nice "type" orps, you would be able to get there pretty fast.

The key is to stay close to the orp type as possible and to weed out any that aren't the right look.....That's gonna be the time consuming part. But, if you could manage it - WOW!!!

Personally, I 'd pay a good deal for them...even more if you were talking LF.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Awesome! I'm going to shoot for the bantams first to see how things go. That way I'll have the bantam Chocolates and you'll have the standards!

 

[RAWR]

yay!! xD if it works, im'a buy 10

 

[Krys109uk]

The chocolate of Polish, OEGB & other breeds, is not the chocolate gene. I gather it's the heterozygous form of I^D.

 

[KinderKorner]

I would only breed Standard.

And yes I have found my Polish very good at not showing their genes when mixed. I got a very very brahma looking bird with the first generation of crosses.

It may not be the 'choc' gene. But they are still chocolate. So they must be carrying some sort of coloring gene for it. You should be able to reproduce it in another breed with enough breedings and crossing.