This thread will make your head spin! I had a flock of mixed orpingtons (buff, blue, lavender, lemon cuckoo) 1 roo and 6 hens. After a horrible week we lost our roo and 3 hens to roaming dogs and what I believe was a weasel. Wanting another roo to protect my remaining hens, I picked one up off craigslist (a blr wyandotte). I have a single blue and 2 lemon orpingtons left. In an effort to replenish my flock I began collecting eggs from the lemons to go in my homemade incubator, at some point Id like to add some columbian wyandottes through hatching eggs and this was sort of a test run for the incubator. After rereading the poultry section in The Encyclopedia of Country Living, I began wondering if this could result in a sex link cross, which lead me to this thread. I was hoping some of the more veteran members/breeders could give me any info.
Thanks!