Mottled/Spangled Orpingtons

[jeremy]

I would really like to find some Mottled, Crele, Chocolate, and Jubilee Orpingtons in both the Large Standard size and the bantams. Can anyone suggest some top breeders?
Thanks

Nellie has beautiful Orps, http://www.rockin-g-ranch.com/TheFancyChick.html

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

I would really like to find some Mottled, Crele, Chocolate, and Jubilee Orpingtons in both the Large Standard size and the bantams. Can anyone suggest some top breeders?
Thanks

Contact Bryce.... Ewe Crazy Farm.. he has most of what you are looking for and more.

 

[new chick 203]

Hi everyone. New to this thread. I have a 9 week old girl who was breed from a English Jubilee Roo over an Black English Orp hen. Would you consider that she is spangled? She has the nice green iridescent black and the mottling on her chest but not back. Is it true that the mottling can get stronger after they molt?

 

[mcgillagorilla]

Hi everyone. New to this thread. I have a 9 week old girl who was breed from a English Jubilee Roo over an Black English Orp hen. Would you consider that she is spangled? She has the nice green iridescent black and the mottling on her chest but not back. Is it true that the mottling can get stronger after they molt?

She is beautiful! and has more white on her than my 7 month old mottled on mottled pullet -
they say that jubilees and the mottles will change after their molts so she may very well get more white.
pair here with another mottled type when she is ready and you will get more mottled - either jubs or mottled spangled. I am new to this too but I have not had good luck with many responding to me for some reason so I just read thru threads and all.

 

[new chick 203]

She is beautiful! and has more white on her than my 7 month old mottled on mottled pullet -
they say that jubilees and the mottles will change after their molts so she may very well get more white.
pair here with another mottled type when she is ready and you will get more mottled - either jubs or mottled spangled. I am new to this too but I have not had good luck with many responding to me for some reason so I just read thru threads and all.

Thanks. I think she is lovely. She has white wing tips though, and I hear that is typical for a split.

 

[jeremy]

She's technically not Mottled, but she has all of the necessary genes to produce Mottled offspring. She's a Black bird recessively carrying a whole jumble of genes.

If she is from a Jubilee roo over a Black hen she only has 1 copy of the mottling gene, for a bird to fully express the color they must have 2 copies. As she matures she will lose more and more of her "spots" until she only has a few or loses them altogether. That doesn't mean though that the genes are gone... what you need to do is breed her back to either a Mottled rooster or one of her siblings, which would be another bird carrying just 1 copy of the mottling gene. Some of the offspring that she would then produce would fully express the color because they would be "pure" for the mottling gene, carrying 2 copies. They would express the color as chicks, juveniles and into adulthood.

One thing you will have to watch for is red leakage in her plumage from her Jubilee father. If you see any red it will most likely be in her hackle/neck feathers. This will probably become more apparent with age.

 

[new chick 203]

She's technically not Mottled, but she has all of the necessary genes to produce Mottled offspring. She's a Black bird recessively carrying a whole jumble of genes.

If she is from a Jubilee roo over a Black hen she only has 1 copy of the mottling gene, for a bird to fully express the color they must have 2 copies. As she matures she will lose more and more of her "spots" until she only has a few or loses them altogether. That doesn't mean though that the genes are gone... what you need to do is breed her back to either a Mottled rooster or one of her siblings, which would be another bird carrying just 1 copy of the mottling gene. Some of the offspring that she would then produce would fully express the color because they would be "pure" for the mottling gene, carrying 2 copies. They would express the color as chicks, juveniles and into adulthood.

One thing you will have to watch for is red leakage in her plumage from her Jubilee father. If you see any red it will most likely be in her hackle/neck feathers. This will probably become more apparent with age.

Thank you, you have made it so clear. I really need "Poultry Genetics for Dummies".

 

[TheNuttyChick]

That's why we're all here, to learn.

 

[kidcody]

English Spangle/Mottle Orpington Hen "Mandy"
This young hen is a perfect example that we strive for when breeding the English Spangle/Mottle Orpington.....she is one Thomas Hommel of Germany has approved and loves this hen...she only get bigger and fluffier, prettier with age and a long with her beautiful kind face......she is among the beautiful several hens that we have strive to breed on our farm in Washington State, Autumn Farm Orpingtons...please contact us for other quality stock we love to share our knowledge and look forward to many more Spangle/Mottle generations....and thank the people who have also ventured into breeding this outstanding color....looking forward to seeing more photos from them....

 

[mothernaturesdaughter]

They were celebrating getting into their new big home. Don't mind the construction in the background. I finally named then Boomer and Baby. Boomer crows very loud. They are not bothered by the loud construction fast movement and working right next to their pen. They are a little over 5 months old now.