How Did I get A Black Chick From Buff Orpingtons? PICS ADDED!!

[PriceFamilyFarms]

One of my Buff Orpington chicks that hatched today is black? I got the eggs from a person that only has Buff Orpingtons. How is this possible? I'll post pics shortly...

 

[Happy Chooks]

Could be a black sex link. A buff orp roo over a barred rock (or any barred female) will produce black sex links. Males will have a white dot on their head and feather in barred. Females will not have a dot and feather in black with some brown leakage.

Edited: Just saw that the breeder only has Buff orps. If that's the case, then I don't know.

 

[Rebel Rooster]

You may have a blue orfington that popped up in the lot...

 

[PriceFamilyFarms]

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how rare is that? I was super surprised watching it hatch and was like..what is that!..lol

 

[al6517]

the person you got the eggs from were his bird originily from Hatchery stock, if so you may never know what they will throw.

AL

 

[Nava]

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yea those orFingtons are very sneaky orFingtons.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Picture would help tell if it is black or blue.


Have you contacted the seller of the eggs? If so, do you mind sharing what they said - I am very curious.



I do wonder about the hatchery angle. I have a hatchery Buff Orp and when crossed with my Splash Orp - they produce blue chicks with buff leakage/lacing - but never a black or solid blue (chicks have blue body and buff face at hatch)


eta: spelling errors I caught - brain and fingers not connected this am.

 

[PriceFamilyFarms]

I'll grab some pics as soon as they come out of the bator in a bit...still have a couple hatching. I can't catch the chick in question through the viewing windows of the bator

The person that the eggs came from only raises and shows the Buffs...I sent her an email to ask her about it a little while ago, but probably won't hear back from her until this evening. Her flock is SQ and originated from her grandfather's stock..so no hatchery ties.

 

[PriceFamilyFarms]

There is a dot on the top of the head, but it's blueish gray...

I set the Buff Orpington eggs along with delaware and RIR eggs, all the eggs were marked...all the BO came from one person and the Dela and RIR came from another

 

[wilds of pa]

i can say after breeding buffs for 7+ years including orps, silkies and ameraucanas, never once anything other than buff hatchlings here. they must have other birds id think or a nabors chicken possibly crossed with the sellers....