Oh Buster, here is my Black Orp Cockeral and some cousins.

[2manyhats]

Beautiful! I just won an auction for some blue/black orp eggs. I am so excited.
Kimberly

 

[BamaChicken]

Well, Congrats on the Auction win. Hope they hatch and you have some fine looking Orps.

 

[joebryant]

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BamaChicken, I've read reports from Orpington breeders in England who say that if you cross a blue O with a blue O, you'll get 1/4 DARK BLUE, 1/2 blue, and 1/4 splash; however, they say that the dark blue ones will be BLACK until after their first molt, then they are a very DARK BLUE from then on.
Are any of yours from a blue x blue breeding? If so, have any of your blacks from that breeding been through a molt yet?

 

[MissPrissy]

Julie, your orps are gorgeous.

The one mottled egg that hatched for me is a pullet. She is black but her wing tips on the flight feathers are all tipped in white. I know at just over a month old that means nothing but I keep an eye on her and look for changes daily. LOL