What are Lavender Orpington chicks supposed to look like?

[ColtHandorf]

Aw, I'm sorry to hear about your rooster. Summer is almost over... and the heat, hopefully...

I hope. They are predicting above average temps until October here.

 

[K0k0shka]

I hope. They are predicting above average temps until October here.

Oh man! I don't know what your Octobers are usually like (here we sometimes start getting snow), but even if above average, hopefully the temps won't be this brutal... at least. I feel so bad for the English basketballs. Mine are miserable in the heat, with all that fluff. The pretty looks have a steep price At least they get to cool off in the winter.

 

[K0k0shka]

Thanks! I'm hoping I'll have the funds to get their new pens built and all of them separated out.

Looks like this thread got you a boost and some new buyers to fund those pens

 

[K0k0shka]

@ColtHandorf @Faraday40 @SourRoses
Alright guys, some new pictures. Do you think my pullet looks healthy? Forget the degree of Englishness or even the extent of the shredding. Does she look like a healthy animal to you? Because the breeder says she looks “unhealthy” (in all caps) and awful, and it’s hard not to get a little offended, because these chickens have a good life…

Another thing I just remembered is that these chicks had strangely red ears when they were younger. I don't think the pullet did, but her brothers certainly did, and I thought it was odd. They got a lot of color in their wattles very young, so I thought the ears were related and it was just a boy thing. I sent pictures to the breeder just to see what she thought of it, and she gave me the same response - environmental. By the way she still thinks my pullet has inflamed ears, even in these new pictures from today and a couple of days ago... Do you? She says both the feathers and the ears are environmental. You'd think I'm raising my chickens in a toxic wasteland or something... I'm not opposed to the idea that there's something other than genetics at play here, I just find it hard to believe that it would be *only* the environment, especially since they share that environment with 7 other chickens, none of which are showing these issues (or ever have).

Here’s my girl, chilling with her mom

 

[ColtHandorf]

I think she looks perfectly healthy.

 

[K0k0shka]

I think she looks perfectly healthy.

Wohoo! Thanks. I just don’t understand what could look inflamed about her ears. They barely have any color in them!

 

[ColtHandorf]

I think it's the contrast? But I don't think her ears look bad.

 

[K0k0shka]

Picture update! My girl is filling out. Still has a lot of noticeable shredding, but I think she looks healthy otherwise. Her breeder said she was done with the conversation, so I don’t think I’ll be contacting her again, or buying from her. That whole thing was just rude. I’m done with the lavender color, too. This pullet is really skittish so I don’t know if I’ll keep her. I got her to eat out of my hand, but she won’t let me touch her. For a flock of pet chickens, that doesn’t fit the job description very well, so we’ll see…

 

[Auntiejessi3]

@ColtHandorf @Faraday40 @SourRoses
Alright guys, some new pictures. Do you think my pullet looks healthy? Forget the degree of Englishness or even the extent of the shredding. Does she look like a healthy animal to you? Because the breeder says she looks “unhealthy” (in all caps) and awful, and it’s hard not to get a little offended, because these chickens have a good life…

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Another thing I just remembered is that these chicks had strangely red ears when they were younger. I don't think the pullet did, but her brothers certainly did, and I thought it was odd. They got a lot of color in their wattles very young, so I thought the ears were related and it was just a boy thing. I sent pictures to the breeder just to see what she thought of it, and she gave me the same response - environmental. By the way she still thinks my pullet has inflamed ears, even in these new pictures from today and a couple of days ago... Do you? She says both the feathers and the ears are environmental. You'd think I'm raising my chickens in a toxic wasteland or something... I'm not opposed to the idea that there's something other than genetics at play here, I just find it hard to believe that it would be *only* the environment, especially since they share that environment with 7 other chickens, none of which are showing these issues (or ever have).

Here’s my girl, chilling with her mom
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You should tell her to go pound sand, geez...

 

[Dharmachick]

I breed English orps and she looks fine to me. Very cute, I love the older picture of her with her beak covered in mash. One thing I do when my chicks are looking scraggly is to feed some mealworms.