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3 years and 3 generations I haven't noticed any declination in feather quality.

More just curiosity than anything. I have some pretty good lavs with nice color. I also have some blacks with really nice body type. I'm probably going to mix a few this fall and see if I can't get a better body type on my lavs. Curios how many generations I will have to go before I stop seeing...

I doubt it's universal but in my line the males will tend to be slightly darker and develop much thicker shanks than the females at a couple weeks old. That's how I tell. Occasionally I'm wrong but most of the time I nail it. Just out of curiosity. Why doesn't anyone cross blue with lav...

Just my experience orpingtons in general don't seem to be very broody (at least mine aren't) my lavenders have never went broody.

is it possible that they're english/american orpington mixes?

Right now I'm hatching some elo's and some standard lavender but they've managed to somehow slip thru my device and unite. Is there any way to tell the difference between the 2 while they're so young? I've looked but I don't see anything that stands out.

Picked up 24 Lavender Orpington eggs today (broke one now 23). Tomorrow I go pick 12 English Lavender Orpington eggs. The incubator is set and holding 99 to 99.6 and humidity is checking in at 42%. Can't wait to get these girls/boys going!!

Can someone tell me if these are American or English? These are not my chickens so I can't get better picture.