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[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! It's nice to meet you! Please make yourself at home here!

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello Alethea, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

So glad you decided to join us! @Debbie292d has left you with some great links and info above, best wishes with all your plans!

Make yourself at home here and welcome to our community!

 

[N F C]

Hi Alethea, if you don't mind sharing, I'd love to see a photo of your rooster. Best of luck with your breeding plans, thanks for joining us!

 

[sourland]

Hello, Alethea, and welcome to the BYC community.

 

[Tookie]

Welcome to BYC! Nice to meet you, we're glad you joined us.

 

[JenniMcChick]

Hiya, Alethea, and welcome to BYC!

Your blue split to chocolate Orpington:

Blue split Chocolate x Splash = Mauve pullets, Chocolate Splash pullets, Blue pullets, Splash pullets, Splash cockerels, Blue cockerels, Blue split Chocolate cockerels, and Splash split Chocolate cockerels

Blue split Chocolate x Blue = Mauve pullets, Chocolate pullets, Chocolate Splash pullets, Blue pullets, Splash pullets, Black pullets, Blue cockerels, Splash cockerels, Black cockerels, Blue split Chocolate cockerels, Splash split Chocolate cockerels, and Black split Chocolate cockerels

Blue split Chocolate x Chocolate Splash = Mauve pullets, Chocolate Splash pullets, Blue pullets, Splash pullets, Mauve cockerels, Chocolate Splash cockerels, Blue split Chocolate cockerels, and Splash split Chocolate cockerels

That's from this site. I use this for some of the color genetics for my silkie breeding:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...n-color-genetics.1219858/page-2#post-19511066

Also, this is still Greek to me most of the time, but many who do creative breeding use it. https://kippenjungle.nl/chickencalculator.html

Good luck! Make yourself at home here!

So many eye candy possibilities!! I love it!