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[Lorilyn Farms]

I wonder if gold is need it to produce Chocolate Barred or Chocolate Cuckoo.

Does a normal barred carry homo silver or white?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

This pullet is from the same mother hen that produced my Bantam Dun Orp pullet.
Except this girl is a Cuckoo.

Her barring came from Daddy, not Mama. It is a sex-linked gene.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I had 2 australorps from a hatchery in Idaho with the Dun gene.

Those look to be sun-bleached/old feathers, not dun.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Yes to silver, no to white.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: My comment was based upon the plumage looking like it was badly in need of a molt. I realize that dun is reasonably common. I have duns; those just don't look dun to me.

 

[alohachickens]

You guessed it!

A friend of mine created a line of Sussex that carries the Dun gene, I plan on crossing them to my Orps to breed towards a self colored bird.

And I'm using those same to create a Dun Speckled Sussex . . . if all goes well this coming year!

 

[smoothmule]

And I'm using those same to create a Dun Speckled Sussex . . . if all goes well this coming year!

There is already Duns in the Sussex, there is a breeder in California raising "Cinnamon Sussex" and they are dun

 

[Lorilyn Farms]

I just ordered some fawn silver OEGB along with some black mille d'uccles to help my brown project along. I prefer dun over chocolate, so adding that gene would be great. Besides, getting chocolate and dun in the SAME bird is a beautiful color.

I forgot to add I'm getting them from Ideal. My original flock came from them and I was surprised to get about half were show quality.

 

[jeremy]

Quote:
Yup, we're talking about the same breeder, he's a good guy. I'm excited to start working with the Dun gene again!

 

[chickened]

My comment was based upon the plumage looking like it was badly in need of a molt.  I realize that dun is reasonably common.  I have duns; those just don't look dun to me.

I just assumed dun because all the church's of that crossing looked like my duns orps when the ones in the picture molted they feathered in about the same color but maybe a little darker. Actually bought about 250 18 month old australorp hens and there was two this color. Weird huh...