Gold Laced Orpington- For Learning and Sharing

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jeremy said:
Why not hold on to him and breed him to Butterball? If she's as large as your males now and Marvin is going to be bigger than your current males why not breed the two together in hopes of pullets as big, if not bigger than Butterball in the future?

I've always been told that size is one of the hardest things to breed- if you have it, don't loose it. It might be good to keep Marvin in the wings so to speak to add some girth to your pullets. Maybe then when you've got pullets with the size you're happy with breed them back to your original males that you like the size of? As far as the SOP weight is concerned I'd rather be a few pounds over rather than under.

Just my two-cents...
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Jeremy, they share the same mother, but are from different fathers. I'll keep my eye on him a bit longer. Thanks.
 
Hoping for.better results, but if only all boys or all girls hatch. I know that ideally I should get another gold laced, but what if I breed it with a English pure black? Will the babies be laced? Or is there such a thing as a lacing split? And would breeding the chicks back to the.laced parent correct the lacing again?
 
Elliemae 77 said:
Hoping for.better results, but if only all boys or all girls hatch. I know that ideally I should get another gold laced, but what if I breed it with a English pure black? Will the babies be laced? Or is there such a thing as a lacing split? And would breeding the chicks back to the.laced parent correct the lacing again?
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I got some too and set them today!! Go chickies! Same breeder so lets share results :)
 
Yay!!! So excited for you. Yes definitely, let's share results....be interesting to see how much of a contributing factor shipping is. Since yours were picked up and mine shipped literally across country. May I ask how many you set?
 

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