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Why does it show that?..you mean because of the shredded tail feathers, or because they can't tell them apart?

@RoostersAreAwesome ok thank you.

Sorry-Im totally confused as to which ones you mean. Here are my only 3 hens.

So in your opinion, she is just a blue orpington? If I mate her to my Lavender Orpington rooster what will I get? She hatched out of eggs sold to me as lavender- these are her hatch mates.

This is my blue/ lavender hen.

I do have one blue hen - so would this be her chick then? Will this chick grow up to be black? or blue?

@Amer @nicalandia Does this make sense? this hatched from my Lavender roo and blue /lavender hen (photos of parents on page 1) What is going on ??? Thanks! Separate pens from all others. no way any other roosters got in.

Can I use one of these black chicks (if I get one) to OUTCROSS or CROSS BACK to remove the shredder gene?

And if I used my lavender orpington rooster (who appears to be Lav, not Lav/blue) to mate with black or red Easter egger hens- would the result be some chicks would be lavender or "straw" ? Or am I way over simplifying. Should I avoid breeding him to anyone other than lavender chicks?

how would I breed my light blue orpington (my darkest one) to get her darker? I love the look of the blue orpington. never seen them before now. like the dark hackle. And what would di get if I bred these bird to a black (non orpington)? I have some jet black Marans. what colour would the...

Genetics are really fascinating! Thanks for that explanation. So if I breed these 3 birds with my Lav rooster, I will get an assortment of chicks displaying colours I have (the Lav/blue, Lav, and blue) ?? Lav + lav = lav Lav+ lav/blue (the whitish bird)= ? Lav+ blue = ? Any way to fix the...

do orpingtons come in black? it would no longer be a lavender orpington then, would it?

Sorry- what do you mean? are you saying these aren't lavender orpington? Is the dark one a blue orpington? is there such a thing?

what do what do you mean to "cross back to black"?

Hopefully you can tell them apart (pics above). There is a pale grey one, an almost white one, and a medium grey one with a slightly darker collar. Then I think I also got one shot of the rooster. He is very shy.

🤔🤔🤔🤔 Um... ok, I'll admit it... I have no idea what you guys just said. Anyways, here they are. They are all a fairly different colour. All came from one guy. They hatched May 1, so are almost 23 weeks. No eggs yet from the pullets. One is light grey, one whitish grey, one medium grey with...

Really? Weird. Ok.. these are my very first Lavender anythings. I'll go take some pics right now.

I was lucky enough to get a 3 hens and a rooster from 4 Lavender Orpington eggs I hatched (unheard of for me- I always get 75% roosters!) Two of the hens (the two prettiest) have shredded looking feathers. But their colour is just gorgeous. One is almost white, and the other, the palest grey...