Gender - blue orps

[Rhodebar Lover]

I missed the one feather stub on the lighter blue one. I really am not seeing enough to assume they're mixed. If they had body type, skin, or eye color off that would be another thing. I raise English Orps and I'm just not seeing enough wrong to think they aren't as well. They both have just a few stubs which according to this article may even be caused by a different gene than feathered legs and are more likely to occur in males. Stubs occur in quite a few breeds and while I haven't had them occur in my Orps, I have had them occur in show lines of another clean legged breed. Ewe Crazy Farms has stated that it's a common problem in English Orps as well.

http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations2.html#gen_mut_footfeath

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ed-chocolate-orpington-juvenile-pairs.818689/

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I missed the one feather stub on the lighter blue one. I really am not seeing enough to assume they're mixed. If they had body type, skin, or eye color off that would be another thing. I raise English Orps and I'm just not seeing enough wrong to think they aren't as well. They both have just a few stubs which according to this article may even be caused by a different gene than feathered legs and are more likely to occur in males. Stubs occur in quite a few breeds and while I haven't had them occur in my Orps, I have had them occur in show lines of another clean legged breed. Ewe Crazy Farms has stated that it's a common problem in English Orps as well.

http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations2.html#gen_mut_footfeath

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ed-chocolate-orpington-juvenile-pairs.818689/

I don’t know, I’m seeing what could be silver leakage on the second cockerel as well. It’s too early really to tell for sure whether they have the English orp body type.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

@ColtHandorf, do these look to be mixed to you?

 

[ColtHandorf]

They don’t look mixed to me. They look like two English Blue Orpington cockerels with feather stubs on their legs. None of mine have them, but I’ve heard it’s not uncommon.