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I am waiting for confirmation on this, when I asked last year on them, I was told they bred 100% chocolates when bred together. However I met someone yesterday who got some from her and they were dun. Of course Dun still looks chocolate, you just will get blacks and khakis out of the breeding. I will be trying to import ther recessive chocolates via hatching eggs next year. however the European people are very particular as to who gets their birds, and I have to find those that are willing to ship to the us as there is a bunch of things that have to be done before hand to do it. Many will not want to be incovienced. Of course then there is the possibility that none will hatch.
I am also thinking of importing 3 or 4 full grown birds, the problem there is they are in quarentine for 30 days before I can get them, and of course the cost, which can cost up to $1000 per bird.
So what I can guarentee is this, the Dun chocolate orps will be here (as well as Khaki) before the recessive ones. Both look the same, just you get different results when breeding.
I have 3 or 4 leads here in the US to possible recessive chocolate lines, as I find out I will let you know. Several i have talked to thought they had recessive chocolate, only to end up with the dun chocolates.
Katie
