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Jubilee can be lighter in color at the start with the red often darkening as they age and more white showing up with each molt. My jubilee started lighter with minimal white and each year her feathers grow in a darker mahogany with more white spots.My Jubilee has dark chocolate feathers, so I don’t think he’s that
Good to know, mine was chocolate from the day she hatched so I figured they’re all like that.
Both the parents are english red orpingtons though which is why I'm confused.. I've seen the parents in person and they're the only ones in the coop, is that even possible?
Yes. It is possible to carry a dominate gene that shows, but carry recessive gene that pops up at times in offspring. It is like two people with brown eyes having a child with blue eyes. The parents could both be Bb where they have brown eyes, but carry blue resulting in a child that inherits both genes bb. It’s a much simpler explanation than writing out the genetics for chicken colors, but essentially similar.
Just wondering…is Jubilee Orpington not its own variety then?
