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[lildinkem]

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I seen them in person and their really nice! Congrats on the great new addition.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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If you have any hatching eggs you would like to donate to a 4H club......we are always always accepting hatching eggs! Especially of Orpington bantams!!!!

 

[they'reHISchickens]

Can we have some opinions on the sex of this black orp hatched Mid-May from hinkjc eggs? We thought it was a roo, but then we think again. Darn, we can't tell and it won't crow! Help!?!?

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The younger ones are from a July hatch. We think they are roos, too, but *shrugs* what do we know??

 

[gootziecat]

Looks like a pullet to me.

 

[punky rooster]

boy

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Cockerel!

 

[gootziecat]

Ooops. Didn't notice the hackle and saddle feathers.

 

[hinkjc]

Definitely a roo.

 

[they'reHISchickens]

Thanks everyone!
We obviously aren't doing very well in the roo/hen ratio department. The flock will be thinned in half before Christmas and freezers filled Maybe by then SOMEONE in the flock will decide to lay eggs!

 

[lildinkem]

Okay my Mottled mom was an ALL Black Orp that molted and is feathering in as a Mottled. Now my young Mottled pullet has a Choc feather. I now can hope when she molts she feathers back as a Choc Mottled.
that makes sense right?

I am using KORgo with these Mottles. IF he is also a Milkey line Orp he may also have the same recessive genetics. Look at these white shafts around his neck. And MAYbe he will throw who knows what else when taken back to his sis and this Mottled pullet. Just a thought. IF he does have the MOTTLED GENE he saves me from waiting a generation to make pure Mottles. Fun project.
Again I know nothing about genetics. And am just playin around with what I see in my flock. Just havin fun.

I also will have to keep my eye on these Flozelle babies. Flo got eaten last week by a coon. There is a bounty on that coon. But I have at least a dozen I know of from Flo and LahFawnDuh. Which means more recessive genes can pop up.
some of the milkey line boys. 75%ers

Boy I hope I am right. It will make this project run so much more smoother. I won't have to worry about size. These boyz grandpa is 14 lbs. much easier to shrink a bird then make them bigger

I had to ad this pic. The mom of my Mottled. She too is molting from a Choc color back to black, KORgo is doing the opposite.
Weird huh? I am gettin some of them featers and saving them. lololol