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Guest:
John, I\'ve hatched out 8 chicks from the birds I got from Jay Horn, and I don\'t have any with marks like that.  and so far they are all feathering out buff.  I realize that is not very many.  one of the hens from Jay is sitting on eggs, and hopefully will hatch out about dozen more, which will give a better idea.  

but if they are black-tailed buff, I\'d be interested in getting some.

Guest:
Markings like that are present in some of the older LF Buff Orpington lines. It is supposed to be a sign of excellent color to come, so I don\'t think you should worry too much. Here is a photo of one of our Buff Orp chicks who had a similar marking:



It\'s out of focus, and I upped the contrast some so the marking would show better, but it should show up. Here\'s a cockerel from that group taken several months ago:



So far I am very pleased with them, especially their color and size. I got them as hatching eggs from Catalpa Farms, fwiw.  So at any rate, don\'t panic, I bet it means you\'ll have good Buff color in your birds.

Mike Gilbert:
I think we are seeing too much black in the little wing feathers to expect perfect buff coloring on these.   But time will tell - John, how about a picture of these chicks when they are all feathered out?

Mike

John:
Here is one that is feathering out.  Black is showing up in the wings and tail.

Guest:
The head pattern looks like the same pattern found in buttercup chicks. The buttercup is ebc.

Rooster

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