Blue mottled orpingtons

[karint]

Blue mottled orpingtons are new to me and I have a couple chicks. The colouring looks different on each of them and I’m curious if anyone with this breed has pictures of the progression from chick colour to grown hen or rooster colour?
Not a great pic but it’s of 3 of my littles

 

[Slothinc]

Two of those look either splash or lavender mottled to me. If they are blue, thats one of the lightest blues I have seen. Do you know the color of the parent birds?

 

[Amer]

If the parents were blue mottled they will have blue mottled, black mottled, and splash mottled chicks. The light ones look splash mottled.

 

[karint]

Two of those look either splash or lavender mottled to me. If they are blue, thats one of the lightest blues I have seen. Do you know the color of the parent birds?

Parents are pure blue mottled. I asked and she said they breed pure with a very small chance of splash

 

[Amer]

It's not a small chance. Due to nature of blue genetics, half the offspring will be blue mottled, one quarter black mottled, and one quarter splash mottled.

 

[Amer]

 

[karint]

It's not a small chance. Due to nature of blue genetics, half the offspring will be blue mottled, one quarter black, and one quarter splash.

Wow feel kinda mislead. When you say black do you mean black mottled orpingtons totally black?

 

[karint]

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Just saw the picture. Thanks

 

[Amer]

Wow feel kinda mislead. When you say black do you mean black mottled orpingtons totally black?

Black mottled

 

[Amer]

I meant to include the word mottled but forgot.