Lavender Orpington Thread

[gimmie birdies]

Lavenders are hard to tell, I almost sold a couple of my LO off because I thought they were roos, but one LO hen was just very petite. 12 weeks is a long way off before they will lay eggs anyway, I would just wait and see. I tried to get girls, but I thought LO's are so popular, I would get my money back from the chick even if it ended up being a boy.

To me that looks like a hen.

My hens are 6 and 5 months old no eggs yet. My older hen is molting so no eggs from her... My mutt rooster is working so maybe they will start laying soon.

 

[robgray]

I could at this age still be either. They are notoriously late to develop. I have some the same age that have me guessing. I could post pics to compare.

 

[milleralexis94]

That would be great to have some pictures to compare!

 

[gimmie birdies]

The above chick is about 5-6 months old just starting to get red comb, my other hen didn't lay untill the red comb came in. below is her baby pic.

the 2 below were 2 diff. chicks I got earlier in the year...

below is my adult hen who is getting over a molt but was laying...

below is the adult when she was a teen and a frizzle friend.

below is her as a teen again, her comb stayed blackish until she was ready to lay.

 

[akaruby]

My Orpington looked like a hen I thought due to some smaller wattles, but crowed this week! Such tricky birds

 

[gimmie birdies]

Oh no!, People are probably looking for a roo though...

 

[akaruby]

Yes I found him a great home with a lady I work with. He has 14 ladies to keep him busy.

 

[gimmie birdies]

sounds like one lucky bird, I have a black rooster with a blondish neck he is young maybe 6-7 months has not crowed just started to breed, I think he may be a brama mix, I don't really want to chose him, but I am waiting for someone "blue feathered" to come up. But he is not crowing, so that is a bonus
he is the little black one in this pic He is not mean and is not mean to the hens.
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[akaruby]

What a cutie! Kind of reminds me of a Cochin chick I had

 

[devinandfeather]

My lavender Orpington went clucky and is now sitting on 13 eggs she looks like she will be a good mum