Genetics question (orpingtons)

[Tuffoldhen]

Nope...didn't answer his question

...In your henhouse and coop run you could say I have orpingtons

of mixed colors I suppose...lol

 

[Cocky]

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THANK YOU!
That is what I was wondering....do you have any pics?
Anyone else have any experience with these crosses?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

When my blues,black,splashes are housed with my buff orps I do get some interesting colors but I've never taken a pic of any of them, they were bought as mutts....

I did take MissPrissy down acouple doz. blue/black/splash orp eggs and did tell her there could be a mutt egg from a buff/blue in the mix...sure enough one hatched ...she has it in her orpington pics...he/she is a red/blue looking chick...

 

[BamaChicken]

This is Sunshine a few week ago. I like Tuff haven't taken pics of the others as I consider them mutts. My friend has a few that I hatched for her for layers before I sorted them to correct pens.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

I think that you will get a sexlink with the buff roo on white hens, like when you cross buff rocks with white rocks, the males come out light and the females dark.

 

[Cocky]

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That is very interesting fmpoop. I would like to know if that is true, can anyone confirm or disprove this?

thanks for the pic BC very nice!

Anyone else with thoughts or opinions on these crosses?

 

[tiffanyh]

I have buff/splash mixes. They are only 4 weeks, but you can tell they are a mix of both.

 

[Kev]

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Not necessarily. It depends on what other genes the white bird has and also on what type of white- dominant or recessive white.

IF the whites have sex linked silver then yes a gold base bird(any bird that's brown/red/buff) over a white with the sex linked silver can work as a sex linked mating. If they don't have sex linked silver then it won't be a sex link mating.

Cocky, as to white cross, it also depends on what other genes she has. White isn't a color.. it simply prevents the bird from expressing what colors and pattern genes it has. Hard to tell what you will get out of her. It's usually a good guess to assume a white is black bird though.. and possibly silver also(silver is sex linked) as silver is often used to clean up a white bird(for a whiter bird with less flecking or to prevent any red from "bleeding through").

Black and blue are the same really. Blue is simply a black bird with the black being affected(it changes the shape of the pigment granules in the feather) to give a lighter color. The only difference offspring-wise is to expect about half of the chicks from blue hen to inherit the blue gene.

Can't help beyond this, as I don't know what's the genetic make up of a buff orp, black orp or a white orp. There's more than one way to make a solid buff, solid black or white..

 

[Cocky]

That was a very helpful post, and more of what I was looking for...Thanks Kev

Also thanks for the new pic tiffany.

Any more info or pics are welcome as I am trying to decide what to get when I finally do order.

 

[sfisher]

Cocky are you in georgetown SC?