Trying to breed Blue buff columbian orpingtons

[phillip0104]

I used to raise these in Florida but the farm i got them from as far as I can tell doesnt have them any more. I currently have blue orpingtons, buff orpingtons, silver lakenvelder, and am about to get some columbian wynadottes. Could anyone put me in the right direction how to start the process. Ive been raising chickens for a decade but I've only ever had a roo of this breed, So this is not my forte.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

No idea how to get that color pattern. Just wanted to say it's gorgeous.

 

[BlueBaby]

Very pretty for coloring.

 

[CascadiaRiver]

I know this is from a few weeks ago, but just in case anyone's still curious you can plug colors into this calculator to give you estimates. https://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator As for ease of breeding blue buff columbians, I'd honestly try to find normal buff columbians and breed the blue in. Crossing from a silver bird (ie columbian) to a gold based bird (ie gold columbian) can be tricky and give weird colors and shades (which dont get me wrong, could be fun! but if you just want blue buff cols, maybe not)