The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

[galanie]

Hi everyone, I hatched this chick last year (I ordered 6 Orpington eggs but only one hatched!)
He is rather large and very friendly.
So, my questions are
1. Are Orpington Roo's notorious for being friendly?  I ask because i have just to get rid of my Marans roo as he kept attacking me and I was worried for my kids.
2.  Does he look like an ok Orp roo?  I know it isn't the best picture but he was such a 'scraggly' wee thing at the beginning I wondered if he was going to be any good to breed from?
3. Someone told me you don't get pure black Orp pullets only the boys are black, is this true?
Thank you in anticipation!
Nik

Sorry but I can't get my pictures to show up on here, i pasted the link from photo (img code) but it doesn't seem to be working, any ideas?
Shall try this one instead!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/tartannik/jeffrey.jpg

Not true. If breeding blacks, all are black. If breeding blues, blacks and splashes together, a black is a black and both sexes can come out black.

PS - I've found it easiest not to use the IMG link tool when using off-site pics. Just paste the URL and type

after it. Like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/tartannik/jeffrey.jpg Here is the link, now I'm going to type

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[Tartannik]

Not true. If breeding blacks, all are black. If breeding blues, blacks and splashes together, a black is a black and both sexes can come out black.
PS - I've found it easiest not to use the IMG link tool when using off-site pics. Just paste the URL and type

after it. Like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/tartannik/jeffrey.jpg Here is the link, now I'm going to type

after:

Thank you very much on answering both my questions!

 

[galanie]

PPS - A black from BBS and a black from solid black stock are slightly different. The solid black stock has a "gold" gene to enhance the black and BBS would have "silver" instead. Therefore the black from the BBS is best for getting good lacing on blues though either can be used. Just thought I'd throw that in, it took me so long to find that out lol I wanted to pass it on.

 

[RedReiner]

PPS - A black from BBS and a black from solid black stock are slightly different. The solid black stock has a "gold" gene to enhance the black and BBS would have "silver" instead. Therefore the black from the BBS is best for getting good lacing on blues though either can be used. Just thought I'd throw that in, it took me so long to find that out lol I wanted to pass it on.

err...what?

 

[Goose and Fig]

DIdn't know that either. I was always told it didn't matter if you used a black black or a BBS black.

 

[jeremy]

PPS - A black from BBS and a black from solid black stock are slightly different. The solid black stock has a "gold" gene to enhance the black and BBS would have "silver" instead. Therefore the black from the BBS is best for getting good lacing on blues though either can be used. Just thought I'd throw that in, it took me so long to find that out lol I wanted to pass it on.

I don't feel like this is necessarily true with every BBS line. Some maybe, but not all.

 

[OSUman]

The silver and gold gene dont effect the lacing but blacks from proper blues (with good lacing) will carry the lacing gene whereas blacks not from blue breedings wouldn't have that gene, which if bred to blues could cause poor coloring.

PPS - A black from BBS and a black from solid black stock are slightly different. The solid black stock has a "gold" gene to enhance the black and BBS would have "silver" instead. Therefore the black from the BBS is best for getting good lacing on blues though either can be used. Just thought I'd throw that in, it took me so long to find that out lol I wanted to pass it on.

 

[BamaChicken]

Jeremy here is tha boy you want chicks from . He is a stocky compact fellow. He wil be a year old in April
His color is a bit dark but I have bred him over a lighter blue pullet and I am breeding him to splash pullets in the fall

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Bama... he is all That and More. Congrats

 

[jeremy]

Jeremy here is tha boy you want chicks from . He is a stocky compact fellow. He wil be a year old in April
His color is a bit dark but I have bred him over a lighter blue pullet and I am breeding him to splash pullets in the fall

I'm in love with him Julie!

LOL.

Should his base color be a bit lighter, is that what you mean by he's too dark?

I think he's just about perfect!