odd looking lavender orp, dark/mottled looking

[Krys109uk]

Thanks.....that's useful.

By inside, she means the flat underside of the feather, as in closer to the body. Obviously the outside being the side of the feather which one normally see......side facing away from the body.

 

[onthespot]

Well... I do have a few mottled Java girls coming along that I have no roo for... would have to breed out the funky legs... but the parent stock are fully feathered, nice tempered birds.

 

[Krys109uk]

What do you mean by 'Funky legs'?

 

[Henk69]

Quote:
http://web.archive.org/web/20071111220301/home.ezweb.com.au/~kazballea/belgians/genetics.htm has some information.

New address: http://belgians.edelras.nl/
Sorry to interrupt...

 

[onthespot]

Funky = yellow with black freckles all down the fronts.

 

[Krys109uk]

The freckles are associated with the mottling gene. What colour are their legs supposed to be?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Quote:
You do remember that these are a project bird and need to be worked on to the Orpington standard and color. When one does not fit the lavender standard of color it needs to be culled out or sent to a freezer or egg laying house.

Hence the name lavender project.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

But trying to figure out what is causing unexpected results helps avoid them in the future. Better to figure it out and go forward with knowledge rather than ignore it and go forth blindly.

 

[Krys109uk]

It probably depends upon whether one has the space &/or time to investigate the unexpected/unwanted result.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Quote:
Yes, one has to have the space and time to work on any project bird.