The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: cairnhill on May 19, 2010, 11:13:01 am
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my broody white orp has hatched out 3 black orpington chicks but one of them is silver. This is the second hatch of black orpingtons (hatched 5 in incubator) and they have all been born black and yellow so wondered why one would be silver. Suppose I will just have to wait and see what colour the real feathers come through.
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This wee chick looks very much like the pictures of Lavender Orpingtons I have seen but how could this be possible if both parents are black? Hope someone can throw some light on this.
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I really dont know much about chicken genetics....
...but one of ours hatched with yellow feathers (Like the light sussex) the marans looked like tiny penguins - with black jackets on. As he grew, he got a gingery back, then black feathers, and now seems to be a black copper maran cockeral, with the other three as hens. :) he's known as "Oddbod"
my o/h still insists he came out of a white egg!