Russian Orloffs

[ashandvine]

Julio, see this one dark chick from this hatch. As long as it doesn't have duck mark it for saving. I see some nice hackles on the rest. THAT one is a keeper for sure.

I just checked eggs I bought. Three of 12 were clear. They are due Wed but I put them in the hatcher anyway. I am going to cross my fingers as well and hope. We had two spikes in the bator-- we heat with wood so not a huge surprise but still upsetting-- so hopefully the rest are fine.

 

[vtguania]

Ash, which chick are you referring to? The darkest & bigger 1 hatched Monday. It's from Yuleshka's egg & I believe my RIR. Not sure though as I haven't separated any birds yet and also have a WLH, a RLH, and a bantam roo all together. Good luck on your hatch, I had 90% hatch of 15 eggs so I'm super excited. Two eggs where from my two RO's but their mixed as I mentioned. My temp dropped on the eggs last week to about 87 before I noticed early morning and had gone up to about 116 when the 2 mixed eggs where in before the pure ROs but didn't affect the eggs much as you can tell.

 

[malndobe]

I will be getting some Orloff eggs at the end of this week, my first foray into this breed. Looking at the pictures on here it looks like the chicks can have a pretty big variation on coloration at hatch. Is there a "better" coloration at hatch, or are they like the BLRW which also have a wide variety but then all grow up looking alike?

 

[ashandvine]

A bit of both but my mentor says the darker they are the better their turn out. IDK that I have observed that but he's been at it a lot longer than me.

 

[JWEBB]

My chicks are on the way!!!

THANK YOU MARCY!!!!!

 

[RiddleMe]

I will be getting some Orloff eggs at the end of this week, my first foray into this breed.  Looking at the pictures on here it looks like the chicks can have a pretty big variation on coloration at hatch.  Is there a "better" coloration at hatch, or are they like the BLRW which also have a wide variety but then all grow up looking alike?

The spangled orloff doesn't seem to be standardized with regards to it's primary base color (the e locus alleles: eWh, eb, or e+). This is why you can have creamy white (eWh - wheaten base), dark brown (eb - brown), or chipmunk (e+ - wild type) colored chicks that still look almost identical as adults. It's those same variations in genetics bases (I believe) that can cause the excess white in some juveniles, but not others. And to add to the fun, chick down can vary even further since each chick will have two e alleles, so a dark brown chipmunk might actually be eb/e+ while a really light chipmunk might be eWh/e+, etc. Then to add even more fun, you can have things like a red enhanced eWh base, which would be a solid reddish gold down... However, it appears it does matter somewhat as based on my research the different e alleles do factor in to the color of the adults under fluff (might be what Ash's mentor was getting at in preferring darker chicks)

 

[vtguania]

Congrats JWEBB

 

[Angelray]

Hello, I have an Orloff Rooster & hen that I'd like to rehome, $25 for the pair. Both were hatched last year and the hen lays almost everyday. The rooster is a proven breeder and has thrown awesome spangled birds with yellow legs!! My rooster is from Desert Marcy & the hen is from a breeder in Camp Verde. Fed fermented feed from organic bulk supply. Private message me if your interested. I live near Laughlin, NV but will be in the Phoenix, AZ area around the first week of April. Willing to ship (your expense).

 

[gander007]

Hello, I have an Orloff Rooster & hen that I'd like to rehome, $25 for the pair. Both were hatched last year and the hen lays almost everyday. The rooster is a proven breeder and has thrown awesome spangled birds with yellow legs!! My rooster is from Desert Marcy & the hen is from a breeder in Camp Verde. Fed fermented feed from organic bulk supply. Private message me if your interested. I live near Laughlin, NV but will be in the Phoenix, AZ area around the first week of April. Willing to ship (your expense).

Ok let's see a photo you might have a sale !!!!!




Lets see your Rooster as the lady's need a man !!!!!!

 

[Cknldy]

Lol! So cute. There was a chick too big in the egg in the third set also- time for one on one matings to see if I can pinpoint the culprit daddy. Second set chicks went in the outdoor brooder today because they are so active that they kept me awake last night. The third set chicks were doing good in with them but I swear I heard a silent 'thank you' after things settled back down! My ladies went on the fritz, undoubtedly because we had an out of town doctor teating to go to so they didn't get fed until the afternoon. Way off schedule so they are withholding the bounty of eggs in retaliation;-) Who here free ranges their RO's? The first time I let mine out months ago they didn't do like other breeds and stay around the coop, they ventured pretty far from the get go.