Blue Black Splash Orpington

Unlike the Blue Orpington, where you will have the Columbian pattern, the Blue Black Splash pattern is distributed evenly over the chicken’s body. First introduced the 1950

Heritage:
English
Egg Colour: Pink/ Light Brown
Egg Count: 180-230 per year
Hens Body weight: 7-9 lbs
Rooster Body weight: 9-12 lbs
Temperament: Very Friendly
Hardiness: Docile, Quiet, and Affectionate, Canadian winter hardy after adulthood

Genetics:
The genetics is considered incompletely dominant (called Columbian restriction). Andalusian blue-dilutes black: blue pigment is a modified black. Two nigrum genes, E, and one Bl gives a blue chicken; two Bl genes gives splash affect which confines black to hackle and tail in both sexes.

Genetics:
Blue X Blue = 50% Blue, 25% Black, 25% Splash
Blue X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black
Blue X Splash = 50% Blue, 50% Splash
Black X Black = 100% Black
Splash X Splash = 100% Splash
Splash X Black = 100% Blue