F2s on Jubilee Orpington project - Progress PICS on pg 1 & 2

[hinkjc]

They are all from the same breeding, so I'm not sure why some are brown and some are striped. Same rooster over 4 hens. Could one of the hens have caused this?

 

[herechickchick]

They look great Jody!

 

[keystonepaul]

Jody, your project posts and pictures are a lot like I envision talking and visiting with Willie Wonka about Candy and Chocolate would be- very, very enjoyable and boy do you get us imagining and dreaming. Wonka vision could shorten a large breed to Bantam conversion couldn't it. Keystonepaul

 

[hinkjc]

Thanks guys!

Paul, I never thought of it like Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, but it surely is so much fun. lol Ooh, what I could do with Wonka Vision.

 

[Krys109uk]

They are all from the same breeding, so I'm not sure why some are brown and some are striped. Same rooster over 4 hens. Could one of the hens have caused this?

I expect it could just as easily be from a female as a male. A closer pic or some info about what was in them would be needed in order to be able to ascertain their possible genotype.​

 

[lildinkem]

Dang, IF crossin a Red Speckled Sussex and Buff Orp makes birds like this, I might want to give Little T-REX a new job

 

[hinkjc]

Have fun with it. I bet they will be super friendly birds too. Sussex have great personalities and can only add to the wonderful temperament of an Orp in a cross. I'm really liking how those youngsters look.

 

[lildinkem]

You sold me. I am taking two of the Buffs and letting Rex have at them.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Charles and Jody,

Any updates? Folks at https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/386051/the-imported-english-orpington-thread/9730#post_9474693 have been asking about this project of yours.

From that thread:

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Hinkjc was working on jubilee orps for several years. There are threads here all about their progress and what they got generation after generation. All of that work was pretty much forgotten about when Greenfire imported some.