Petals n Pitchforks Farm
Hatching
- Dec 28, 2023
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Hello! This is my first post so I’m not sure if I’m in the right thread or not but I have read so many helpful things on this site for about 2 years and I’m finally diving into my own project line but I am super new to learning about genetics so bare with me.
I have a small flock of Orpingtons and want to start breeding chocolate gold laced. I have a CGL rooster (not the best lacing, not a great body but it’s what I have to work with) and solid chocolate hens (better quality than the rooster) I have had one hatch from them so far and out of that hatch I kept 6 pullets that are all over the place with their patterns and only 1 seems to have true lacing where the others just look muddy or quite solid chocolate. So my question is where do I go from here.. do I breed all of them back to the CGL rooster or do I do away with some of them? I’m really confused and feel like I don’t know enough about the laced pattern gene itself but am struggling to find information that’s at my level for learning.
I have a small flock of Orpingtons and want to start breeding chocolate gold laced. I have a CGL rooster (not the best lacing, not a great body but it’s what I have to work with) and solid chocolate hens (better quality than the rooster) I have had one hatch from them so far and out of that hatch I kept 6 pullets that are all over the place with their patterns and only 1 seems to have true lacing where the others just look muddy or quite solid chocolate. So my question is where do I go from here.. do I breed all of them back to the CGL rooster or do I do away with some of them? I’m really confused and feel like I don’t know enough about the laced pattern gene itself but am struggling to find information that’s at my level for learning.