[bamford6]

Black-Chocolate Split Orpington Bantam Cockerels ....yes i hve 2 brothers to go with my chocklate orpingtons ..so chocklate silkies and chocklate orpingtons for the new yere as well as hatching eggs stock from Exhibition Bloodlines,Richard O,Rouke and Rob Boyd.

[shetlandpaul]

daft question but if you cross a orpington with a silkie dont you just get a cross. its neither a orpington or silkie. i don't know just intrested.

[bamford6]

HE IS RUNNING WITH THREE BANTAM BLACK SILKIE HENS WHICH HAVE JUST COME BACK INTO LAY.

 IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HATCH A CHOC CROSS CHICK IT WILL ALMOST

CERTAINLY BE A HEN BUT SHE WILL CARRY THE GENE TO THEN BREED YOUR OWN LINE IN SILKIE COCKEREL SPLITS,

MINIATURE, L/F, BEARDED OR NON BEARDED DEPENDING ON YOUR CHOICE OF COCKEREL AT THE 2ND CROSS
giving you a chocklate silki

[Hardfeather]

That's all very well, but it's getting them to breed true which will give you headaches. 

[shetlandpaul]

HE IS RUNNING WITH THREE BANTAM BLACK SILKIE HENS WHICH HAVE JUST COME BACK INTO LAY.

 IF YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HATCH A CHOC CROSS CHICK IT WILL ALMOST

CERTAINLY BE A HEN BUT SHE WILL CARRY THE GENE TO THEN BREED YOUR OWN LINE IN SILKIE COCKEREL SPLITS,

MINIATURE, L/F, BEARDED OR NON BEARDED DEPENDING ON YOUR CHOICE OF COCKEREL AT THE 2ND CROSS
giving you a chocklate silki

thanks for the info. is the choclate gene connected then with a fatal fault on the males or is it just that most males will be other colours.