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post #11 of 1952

4/19/10 at 5:58pm

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Do they go broody as often as the Buff Orps?

I'd like to know this as well. I hatched some BBS Orps a few weeks ago (for the purpose of broodies) and it appears most of them are cockerals. barnie So I'm gonna need some more females!

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Smith/Giles "project" Lavender Orpingtons, Spring of 2012 Part English "project" Lavenders , Part English BBS Orpingtons, Buff Orpingtons and Bantam Light Brahmas. Follow me down the yellow brick road!!!

I'm holding out for the gold star !!!!

Smith/Giles "project" Lavender Orpingtons, Spring of 2012 Part English "project" Lavenders , Part English BBS Orpingtons, Buff Orpingtons and Bantam Light Brahmas. Follow me down the yellow brick road!!!

I'm holding out for the gold star !!!!

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My Lavenders SHOULD be laying, but they aren't! Any day now ..... gig

Kelly, Of course you know I always share! wink Actually, I have 5 Lavender roos, and am willing to part with a couple of them. Then, all you need to do is add Black Orp girls .... and you are on your way!

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I have two baby orps that were said to be splash. They are five weeks old now. One looks lavender. I looked at her feather shafts and they start dark and then end light. I guess that means that is a good sign. I have no knowledge about lavenders, but I am wondering if mine is a lavender, then should I try to breed her. There is a local breeder close by who has a black orp. She might let my lavender visit her orp for some eggs, I am sure she will. I really know little to nothing about chicken breeding, and I am not finding as many answers online as I would hope. Any recommendations to learn more about breeding?

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I have a couple of questions.
1. Why do they call it lavender? I have some Ameraucana chicks but they look gray to me. I don't see any purple in them. My mums favorite color was lavender and they don't look like that.

2. While I do like them, even though they don't look "lavender", how are they as production birds? For meat or eggs.

3. I have some Buff, do the different colors vary widely in the production area?

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Are Lavenders shown as AOV? When will they pass? When do you think?

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I have a couple of questions.
1. Why do they call it lavender? I have some Ameraucana chicks but they look gray to me. I don't see any purple in them. My mums favorite color was lavender and they don't look like that.

2. While I do like them, even though they don't look "lavender", how are they as production birds? For meat or eggs.

3. I have some Buff, do the different colors vary widely in the production area?

These are project birds and not true to Orpington standards as yet. It's just the color name that they call it, Lavender. My girls are cranking out eggs!!!

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=328923

Smith/Giles "project" Lavender Orpingtons, Spring of 2012 Part English "project" Lavenders , Part English BBS Orpingtons, Buff Orpingtons and Bantam Light Brahmas. Follow me down the yellow brick road!!!

I'm holding out for the gold star !!!!

Smith/Giles "project" Lavender Orpingtons, Spring of 2012 Part English "project" Lavenders , Part English BBS Orpingtons, Buff Orpingtons and Bantam Light Brahmas. Follow me down the yellow brick road!!!

I'm holding out for the gold star !!!!

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I have two baby orps that were said to be splash. They are five weeks old now. One looks lavender. I looked at her feather shafts and they start dark and then end light. I guess that means that is a good sign. I have no knowledge about lavenders, but I am wondering if mine is a lavender, then should I try to breed her. There is a local breeder close by who has a black orp. She might let my lavender visit her orp for some eggs, I am sure she will. I really know little to nothing about chicken breeding, and I am not finding as many answers online as I would hope. Any recommendations to learn more about breeding?

Jeanine

Hi Jeanine,

What you have sounds to me like a lighter colored Blue. It is really hard to tell the Blues when they are chicks because they vary so much and can be mistaken for a Black or a Splash.

As for learning genetics I would suggest starting here:

http://sellers.kippenjungle.nl/page0.html

Also play with the chicken color calculator here:

http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingKipFlexTree.html

Len

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My core flock....The black girls have all gone broody - never had broodies before!

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Ah, a thread after my own heart. love

Breeds: Lavender, Buff, Black and White Orpington & Tufted Rumpless Araucana (lavender, white and nonstandard colors)

Breeds: Lavender, Buff, Black and White Orpington & Tufted Rumpless Araucana (lavender, white and nonstandard colors)

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