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[lildinkem]

What is a Buff Sport?

Buff Sports are a cream colored off White bird that came out of 2 Buff colored parents. Somewhere down the line a breeder took a White Orp to a Buff Orp to clean out any dark colored "smut" from his/her Buff Orp line. The White gene is recessive and may lay in a Buff Orp's genetics for several generations. But when the right pair go to breed 1/15 will pop out as this Creamy off colored White. Or when taking a Buff Sport to a White the results are White. Many of my juvie Whites are from this White Orp cock and a Buff Sport. The girl on the right is a Buff Sport.

 

[deek]

A white that came out of a buff line.

Interesting. I need to read up on how the white works. What was in the Buff line to begin with...a white (obvious, dumb question, I know)? How is the white used as an advantage in a Buff line? Or any other variety when it is added? Just curious. I already have my hands full.

 

[deek]

Buff Sports are a cream colored off White bird that came out of 2 Buff colored parents. Somewhere down the line a breeder took a White Orp to a Buff Orp to clean out any dark colored "smut" from his/her Buff Orp line. The White gene is recessive and may lay in a Buff Orp's genetics for several generations. But when the right pair go to breed 1/15 will pop out as this Creamy off colored White. Or when taking a Buff Sport to a White the results are White. Many of my juvie Whites are from this White Orp cock and a Buff Sport. The girl on the right is a Buff Sport.

Cool! Interesting.

 

[deek]

Cool! Interesting.

Picture really helps me understand.

 

[Shaffer]

Bill,
You should definately pursue to establish that color. Good luck.

Actually he is from my breeding a Buff Sport cock to a Black Mottled hen. Was trying to pull something White outta that combo. Only made a bunch of Orange spangled birds. I have several others. I may use this one cockerel to Black to make some more Blacks that have some of the Exhibition traits that many find in Buff Orps that makes them more appealing.

 

[deek]

Bill,
You should definately pursue to establish that color. Good luck.

Which color? The posts make it confusing to follow sometimes.

 

[lildinkem]

Wonder what I'd get if I took him to a Cuckoo?

 

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Wonder what I'd get if I took him to a Cuckoo?

That question makes my brain hurt.

 

[lildinkem]

Here are two more varieties I could do that are already a done deal IF I wanted too.
HAROLD is my Brown Red. When taking him to Black he makes more visually seen Brown Red boys, when the offspring is a female the trait is not visually seen but still maybe present. So, IF I wanted to make what is called Lemon Blues, I need to take HAROLD or his boy here to a Black or Blue looking for females to breed these boys back too.
Lemon Blue who does not have good type and will most likely be culled





I also have many good size Cuckoos to use.
One more nice Cuckoo cockerel

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Beings we are talking colors.... What do you call a snow white orp with blue legs derived from a bbs line.. a very poor splash?? or the beginnings of a white line??