My Flaming Red Orpington Roo - New Photos pg 11

[BamaChicken]

Hey Jeff, I would love to see pictures of yours. I love the big Pom butts.

 

[Jeff9118]

This was an old project of mine and I sold most of them and had predators also help me with knocking down the #'s. What I have left are about 3 to 6 years old and some of these are crosses with them and things I was working on with new projects. Thats why one has a turkey neck. I do have an older one that was one of the main hens in the project. She was created in the generation used prior to getting these right. Her color is a little patchy though. The rest are crosses out from her sons and daughters. They never looked as good as you orpingtons though. I will get pics as soon as the rainy weather clears since they are free ranging 24-7 now and just sleeping in the hen house.

 

[Jeff9118]

I will stack them on top of each other for pics or dress them up and make a chicken western if I can get you to give up a few of those mottled orpington hen eggs from your project. Overall you definately have the best orpingtons.

 

[snowydiamonds]

How about an update on Big Red?

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Sadly, to date, there is only 1 - ONE - pullet in the entire lot of eggs I have hatched from him.

Here's hoping for some pullets from these new girls.

Could the red be sex-linked?​

 

[KinderKorner]

I wonder how a blue and a buff became red? lol

Anyway, just my opinion. If you breed him to buffs then you lighten the red color. If it was me. I would try crosses Big Red's parents over and over until I got me a redish pullet. And then breed her to big red. Your more likey to get Red looking Orps.

Your well on the way to Red Orp. He is a beauty might I add.

*wink wink* I'm working of Chocolate Cochins soon. Maybe I will include some orpingtons too.

ETA: Oh. I skipped a few pages. I see that your breeding back his daughters, then back again until you get a red color. lol That will work too.

Best wishes for you to get red. I got some surprises in color in my mixes birds too. And I just can't seem to reproduce it. Darn the luck. lol

 

[orumpoultry]

Curious to know how this all turned out.

 

[coolchickens88]

what a beautiful bird at 1 month her feathers were adorable. I have a question though, how would a blue orp and a buff make such a deep red?