*Orpington Leg Color Question!*

[speckledhen]

That's only the Buff or white Orps, SillyChick. The blues and blacks have black or slate/blue legs.

 

[KKluckers]

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To add to this the blue/black are suppose to have white on the bottoms of the feet. I know the Orps I ordered were orps, but probably had something else in the ancestry and that is why the feet were yellow or so I was told.

 

[KKluckers]

I took some pics. For a while I thought it was just me lol.
here is one of the correct pullet

Here is the one with yellow bottoms

So, at closer look I have two hens and a rooster with this problem.

I have homes for them already, my husband friend loves the Orps. and will use them for table eggs.

 

[hinkjc]

Yellow skin is usually indicative of 'rock' in the breeding, not pure orp blood.

Jody

 

[speckledhen]

Oooh, those are yellow! Wow, yeah, dont use those in a breeding program.

 

[KKluckers]

I have heard from someone else, of people using Jersey Giants to increase the size in the Orps. Dont they have yellow skin too?

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, I believe they do. That's the downside of bringing in another breed to develop a trait-takes a long time to breed out the unwanted stuff. If you want to be a serious breeder, certainly, those would be "culls", even though in every other aspect they are most likely just fine. Someone else may be fine with breeding them for a backyard flock.

 

[blue90292]

sorry to barge in, but has anyone seen black orps with black skin on the face? i have a black orp that's from a breeder who originally got their chicks from sandhill. i hatched the eggs from him and hatched a blue, splash and black orp boys. the black orps face is black as a silkies skin. i know per APA, the skin on the face is suppose to be red, right??

michele

 

[speckledhen]

How old are they?

 

[blue90292]

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they're about 5 months old. i'll have to take a picture and show you. he looks freaky to me. lol