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[Granny368W]

Its called Jubilee
I breed them. I breed Jubilee, Blue, Lavender, White, Mottle, Chocolate & Black.



..... this is a chocolate

OH my goodness, those are beautiful! Where do you live? I think I might go to Orpingtons next year. How much do you charge for the Jubilee and Chocolate ones? Thank you, Rae

 

[Gussie]

This is my Scarlett. She is my sweetest hen.we can hand feed her and she loves being petted. The rest of our birds just want food and to be left alone.lol

 

[MuscovyMadness]

Good evening fellow Orpie lovers! I have several breeds including Orpingtons in Lavender, BBS, a Mottled Roo (who need girlfriends!) AND I made my first impulse buy at the Sharpsburg Swap this past Saturday. Ugh
I saw the color and had to have them.....Chocolate Cuckoo and the people told me the lighter birds are cockerels and the darker ones pullets. So I just picked two and wasn't thinking clearly ( you know that trance we all fall into when we see new chicks!)....... and I'm pretty sure I have two boys. the people were super nice and I actually bought some ducklings from them as well but I'm thinking they sold me 2 cockerels? Very healthy chicks BTW. REALLY like these chicks though I should have bought more than a pair..... and I should have done a little research first but then it wouldn't be called an impulse purchase! LoL
Including a pic of my almost 6 months old boy Motley.

 

[Faraday40]

I also have a double barred chocolate cuckoo orp. God blessed him with beauty - but not much else. We named him "Brick." At first it was because he's "as dumb as a brick." Later we realized that he's kind of stocky & has a brick-like build. I really don't need a rooster, but because of his beauty, we're keeping this cockerel for now. Can't wait to see how he fills out as he matures.

He just turned 5 months old. Yours will likely look like him, but hopefully have a little more intelligence. Thankfully, the other chickens here are intelligent, so Brick can simply follow their lead

 

[MuscovyMadness]

I also have a double barred chocolate cuckoo orp. God blessed him with beauty - but not much else. We named him "Brick." At first it was because he's "as dumb as a brick." Later we realized that he's kind of stocky & has a brick-like build. I really don't need a rooster, but because of his beauty, we're keeping this cockerel for now. Can't wait to see how he fills out as he matures. He just turned 5 months old. Yours will likely look like him, but hopefully have a little more intelligence. Thankfully, the other chickens here are intelligent, so Brick can simply follow their lead

LoL. Brick...love it! So I'm assuming my darker one is a cockerel as well..... I hate when I'm so gullible and think everyone is being honest with me. So now my search will begin for chocolate cuckoo pullets or can these boys be bred to solid chocolate as well?

 

[Faraday40]

LoL. Brick...love it! So I'm assuming my darker one is a cockerel as well..... I hate when I'm so gullible and think everyone is being honest with me. So now my search will begin for chocolate cuckoo pullets or can these boys be bred to solid chocolate as well?

To me, they both of yours look like males, but you'll know for sure when they're about 6 wks old.

I believe if your male is double barred (like my Brick) x solid females, you'll have all barred chicks. If your male is single barred x solid females, you'll get 50% solid & 50% barred. If the breeder didn't know, then you can find out by breeding him when he matures.

The fun part is that chocolate is a sex linked gene. If you pair a choc male with a black hen, then the males will look black (they'll carry but not show the choc gene) & the females will be chocolate. I'm guessing they'll also be barred because of your roo.
Could be a fun experiment.



I got mine from a friend b/c I really wanted an English Choc Orp & Brick was thrown in as a bonus.

Here's my choc orp, named Godiva


Godiva's in the background here with "Moose" (a lav orp) in front. Moose is only 3 mo old & towers over all. He's all legs & has the opposite shape of Brick. (Moose is only 1/2 English Orp & the other 1/2 American bloodlines.)



Not sure if I will plan to breed either roo. I really want a good lav orp roo & I'm not confident that Moose will fill out. His temperament is great, so like Brick, he's got a reason to stay for now.

 

[Faraday40]

Here are some "mystery" chicks my daughter hatched. We were told that they would be sex linked. Male orps would be cuckoo & females would be solid mauve or choc.Their chick fluff at hatching looked like light mauve, but their feathers grew in white. (well maybe cream) All 3 ended up female.



We kept one. She'll be 8 wks on Wed.
Other than an orpington, I have no idea what to call her.
For now, we named her "Whoopsie."

 

[WVduckchick]

Moose and Brick are great names! Especially for huge lav orps, and the way they lumber around.

I hatched a bunch of chocolate carrying chicks - chocolate, mauve, blue, and splash. Many are looking male already. Is it common for females combs to be large as young chicks? If not, I'm in trouble. I have 3 barred ones, so I know they are male, and almost all the others have as big combs as they do. :/

 

[Faraday40]

In most cases, you can tell the gender by the comb height. In some lines, the males feather out slower than the females. (males look like pocupine backs). It's not found in all lines, though. In most chickens the wattles give it away, but in the 1st 4-5 weeks, the female orps have mini wattles too!

Here are Godiva & Brick at around 8-10 wks You can see how Bricks wattles dropped




Here are some old pics of 5 wk old chicks.
The lav & blk orps below are both females. (I thought the blk might be a slow maturing male, but she ended up being a massive hen!)



This lav below turned out to be male. The comb was 2xs the size of his sister's.

 

[MuscovyMadness]

To me, they both of yours look like males, but you'll know for sure when they're about 6 wks old. I believe if your male is double barred (like my Brick) x solid females, you'll have all barred chicks. If your male is single barred x solid females, you'll get 50% solid & 50% barred. If the breeder didn't know, then you can find out by breeding him when he matures. The fun part is that chocolate is a sex linked gene. If you pair a choc male with a black hen, then the males will look black (they'll carry but not show the choc gene) & the females will be chocolate. I'm guessing they'll also be barred because of your roo. Could be a fun experiment. I got mine from a friend b/c I really wanted an English Choc Orp & Brick was thrown in as a bonus. Here's my choc orp, named Godiva Godiva's in the background here with "Moose" (a lav orp) in front. Moose is only 3 mo old & towers over all. He's all legs & has the opposite shape of Brick. (Moose is only 1/2 English Orp & the other 1/2 American bloodlines.) Not sure if I will plan to breed either roo. I really want a good lav orp roo & I'm not confident that Moose will fill out. His temperament is great, so like Brick, he's got a reason to stay for now.

Your birds are lovely. ..... and I am literally drooling over Godiva. Sigh.... hope to be lucky enough to find a few hens like her. I too have lavender and I like my original boy's coby body shape....he's shorter and rounder but he has a bit of gold leakage so I bought a five month old rooster Saturday (kind of sight unseen) but he's not the type I'm looking for although his color is beautiful and hes a good boy so far. He reminds me a bit of your Moose. This is the new boy.....then Larry the Lavender as we call him...and one if his "ladies".