The BANTAM ORPINGTON Thread

[HallFamilyFarm]

You might check with the United Orpington Club for members in California that have Orpington Bantams.

As for Buff. You do not want to cross a Buff with a Black etc. The colors will not come out well. Most of the chicks would be black with some Buff. Sort of like a black sexlink hen.

The lavender gene is not a splash. What you most likely have is a splash that looks similiar to the lavender gene, but it is not lavender. This thread expalins the lavender genes fairly well: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=186133

When you mate a black to a black all you can get is black. There have been a rare white sport, but that is very rare.

Here is a thread on mating a Blue: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=332611&p=1

Hope this helps.



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[OSUman]

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Also i would highly recomend joining the United Orpington Club when you join you get a breeders list of all the people in the club.

 

[jodiv]

ok, stupid question? Just what kind of breeding do you have to do to get "bantam" size orps? I mean I never really undertood this, how they took a LF and turned it into bantam size. I know....what a dorky question huh? LOL

 

[HenThymes]

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Not a dorky question.... but do you mean how did they do it long ago when they created bantam orpingtons or how it is done now??

If you mean long ago, my thought would be very selective breeding for smaller type and I'm sure an outcross or two to help bring the size down as well.

 

[onafixedincome]

I dont know of anybody in California but there is a guy in IL by the name of Andy Anderson who advertises in the Poultry Press who sells eggs for $17 a dozen.

Thank you!

It's really hard to figure out where to look for this stuff when you're just starting.

2) What happens when you bring buff into a black/blue/lav splash flock? It will be a mumbo jumbo of black/blue/splash and buff, some can actually be really neat looking, but i wouldn't recommend using this to improve them.

So just like in rabbits, don't mix 'em up unless you KNOW what you're doing. I don't, so I'll leave the buffs to those who do!

Color genetics here...

So 'Splash' is not a pattern, but a color of its own, then? There's no such thing as a 'lavender splash' or a 'blue splash', it's just a splash? (Do you KNOW how odd that word looks by the end of a sentence like that? :rolleyes

Okay...I have two black roos, two black hens, one blue hen and a (lavender?) splash hen. How would you set them up for maximum variation?

Many, many thanks, folks--can't tell you how great it is to find you!

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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I would suggest you try the following matings:

Black male with black and splash females

Black male with black and blue females

The Black/Black will produce all black.

The Black /Splash will produce all Blues.

The Black/Blue will give you 50% Black and 50% Blue.

Black X Blue Crossing will give you %50 of each
Black X Splash Corssing will give you %100 Blue
Blue X Splash Crossing will give you %50 of each
Blue X Blue Crossing will give you %25 splash %50 Blue and %25 Black​

 

[OSUman]

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I would recommend that you figure out which rooster is your best one and just put him with all of the hens. Either that or match your hens and and roosters that have complimentary traits.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Or if the boys get along well, just leave both with all hens.

 

[jodiv]

well both, how they did it long ago and how do they do it now?

 

[HenThymes]

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Well, as for the now bantam orpingtons they exist and are true to size so that just requires the breeding of two of them together. Offspring are born bantam and stay bantam. I Actually have several hatching today!

For answers about the beginning, you may need to find and ask an oldtimer orpington expert.