rebeccaw
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- Apr 12, 2015
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Looking to buy a lavender orpington. I'm located in Mobile, al! Would prefer hen. Anyone with leads please let me know!!
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Guess I came to the wrong place.
As far as is that normal for a lavender the answer would be no. As for what it is. You will probably have to post that on more of an illnesses area probably to get a definite answer to what is wrong.
Both blue & lav orps can be bred to pure black orps to help maintain good feather quality &/or color. (I'm not a breeder; I just read about it.) Could a lav & blue orp mate? of course. There just wouldn't be much demand for the chicks.I was just wondering what would happen if I crossed a lavender Orpington rooster with a blue Orpington hen? I have heard of breeding black to lavender but never blue. Thanks!
Both blue & lav orps can be bred to pure black orps to help maintain good feather quality &/or color. (I'm not a breeder; I just read about it.) Could a lav & blue orp mate? of course. There just wouldn't be much demand for the chicks.
ie Lav x Black = The 1st gen will have black splits (look black but carry the recessive lav gene) That means if you bred 2 of those black orps, 25% could get both recessive genes & hatch out lav - big surprise!!!! 25% could be pure black & 50% would be splits. There's no way to tell a split from black. Because the goal in breeding is to have consistency within the breed, no one would really want to breed blue x lav. That lav gene could go unseen then show up a few generations later to muddy up a future breeding program.
If your idea is to simply to add a few more chickens to your backyard, then go ahead. If you plan to sell the chicks, then it's best to get into lavs or blues. The way they pass down their color to offspring is different for lavs than blues.
Here's a great explanation from someone.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/73357/color-genes-punnett-squares