Genetics Blue X Buff

[jab91864]

I've got a Blue Orpington roo with Buff O hens. Anybody know for sure what color I will end up with??

Anybody done this already and have pics...lol, I don't want much do I ?

I had looked on another website and the answer (someone else had asked the question) was blacks and blues, but that sounds wrong to me.

I am genetically challenged as you can tell by the question, so I appreciate the input.

Julie

 

[herechickchick]

I just hatched out Blue orpington / Buff Brahma chicks and they are all blue.

 

[crysmom]

those sure are some cute chicks

 

[speckledhen]

Buff and Blue are complicated colors, genetically speaking, they say. You could end up with chicks like Adam's that came from my Blue Orp cockerel and Buff Brahma pullet or possibly black-tailed buffs or several other combinations. It will be interesting to see how Adam's chicks change over time, too. I was told that they would be blue with possibly gold/straw color leaking into the hackle area.

 

[jab91864]

See when I saw the pic on the other post I guess my mind stopped at Brahma and didn't take the "buff" part into acct., sorry about that. They are gorgeous chicks.

As I stated earlier on another forum the answer to that question was blacks and blues and I thought surely you would have some buff showing thru atleast as highlighting...lol.

I figure with Buff orps being so common somebody surely would have started there and it would be fairly easy to see pics of others results.

I have a BLRW roo and the Blue Orp roo that will be "experimenting" with the ladies come spring.

Julie

 

[speckledhen]

Fun to see what pops out, though. I saw some chicks once that were a combination of the Blue and Buff Orps, but never saw them as adults, and they were lovely, gold, cream and blue all together.

 

[EweSheep]

Some did post a pic of a roo of that cross...I think it may have been Kritter or Counselor....it was one goreous roo and would like to see what the girls look like.

 

[Blisschick]

What kind of complicates this is that the blue gene is only a modifier of the black gene (makes it lighter), so any other color genes a set of birds may possess won't be affected by the blue. You have to take into account how the combinations of the other genes work with each other to know what to expect from your hatches, and even though you may have a solid colored bird, it may have the genes for other color combinations and patterns that are being masked. Unless you are 100% certain of the genotype of your birds, you won't necessarily have a predictable set to colors to expect.

 

[tazcat70]

If you turned it around would you get similar chicks? Blue Brahma with a Buff Orp?


Tonya

 

[EweSheep]

I have not yet seen a Blue Brahma.....would be interesting color on Brahmas.