question about blue orps

[stephanie1992]

if u cross a blue orp with a blue orp will all the babys be blue or is it like other blues where u have to cross a black with a splash to make blue

 

[nicalandia]

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yes, they are based on what is called Andalusian "Blue" which does not breed true, if you breed Blue x Blue you will get 50% blue birds, 25% black birds and 25% Splash birds wich is birds with 2 copies of the blue gene...

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you don't have to breed splash to black to get blues, if all you have are blues, just breed them together and you have 50% of getting blues..

 

[stephanie1992]

i ordered blue orp eggs and only one made it to lockdown, started to hatch today. looks white in color tho, skins black looking. is it ganna be a blue when it dries or a splash

 

[rebel yell]

If it looks white its mostlikely a splash, but I have never seen a Orp. with dark or black skin, they are a white skin bird.

 

[stephanie1992]

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ill see what it looks like when it drys. its feet are white but its body skin is dark. maybe they sent me the wrong egg

 

[rebel yell]

Dark skin sounds like a silkie or a silkie cross, does it have feathers on its legs ?

 

[stephanie1992]

its feet are pink, no feathers, no extra toes. maybe it will look differnt when it drys. its yolk is still attaced so i have it wrapped in a wet papper towl. ill check it in the morning and c if its changed

 

[nicalandia]

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seems like you got a "Splash" which is a double doze of the blue gene..