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    English or American lavender orpingtons?

    Hi, I bought some lavender Orpingtons in February. They were around 5 months old. The gal told me they were english lavenders. I have some black english orpingtons and a white english orpington, but my lavenders don't seem to have the same body type. Their tails are more pointy than my English...
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    Favorite incubator leahy 1200 value?

    Not sure if this is the right section to post, but I am looking at a leahy 1200. The guy said it worked last year and he hatched eggs from it but hasn't used it this year. I've been scouring the Internet for the last couple days to find a value. The values are all over the place. Can anyone...
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    Chicks seem perfectly healthy and then die suddenly

    They are getting medicated feed. I haven't seen bloody stools at all. I got home from work this morning and the two chicks that were acting funny are now acting normal. The only thing I changed after last nights incident is pull the waterer out and replace it with a different waterer and new water.
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    Chicks seem perfectly healthy and then die suddenly

    I had to leave for work so I wouldn't be able to do that til morning. Right after I posted this thread I walked back over to the chicks and two were on their sides and acting weird. One keeps snapping out of it but keeps sticking its head back. The other one I sat up against the edge and it acts...
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    Chicks seem perfectly healthy and then die suddenly

    Hi, I've been having a little issue with some of the chicks I hatch dying. They will live for about 3ish weeks and then all of a sudden I find them dead. About 30 min ago I gave the chicks fresh water. Everyone was fine. Just now I walked in and noticed two were dead. Everything seemed normal...
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    Is this possible?

    So an update on the black chick I hatched. It's starting to get some brown on its wing feathers. I wasn't expecting it to just be a black fluff ball when it hatched I guess. Also, out of the 10 I've hatched since then, only one has a white dot on its head. That means I only have one male, right?
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    Is this possible?

    I have what looks like a crele orpington hen in with my lavender orpington rooster. I hatched one of her eggs and its a black chick. What's going on there? Could the crele have been split for black? Now what would the chick be split for?
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    looking for advice on chicken coop size for run and fencing height question

    Thanks for the reply. 8x8 would be easier to build since most lumber is available in 8' lengths. I wouldn't think height would be of great importance. Just tall enough to put roosts in there correct? And to walk in for cleaning.
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    looking for advice on chicken coop size for run and fencing height question

    Hi, I am going to be building a coop for approximately 20 english orpingtons. They will have a 25'x25' run (625 sq ft = 30 sq ft per bird) that will be available to them at all times. Right now, I have 13 orpingtons in a 4'x4' coop with an attached run, and they all seem to do fine in it...
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    What does it take to get lavender mottled?

    Thanks for the reply Kev. So a mottled lavender rooster over lavender hens would make the chicks lavender split for mottled, and if I breed the females back to the lavender mottled rooster I will end up with half mottled lavender and half lavender right? Then to get better type I could breed...
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    What does it take to get lavender mottled?

    Gears are turning now. If I had a lavender mottled rooster over some black hens would it work the same as lavender over black hens? The F1 would be all black. Breed that back to the lavender mottled to get 50/50 black split and lavender mottled? What would lavender mottled bred to lavender do...
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    What does it take to get lavender mottled?

    Hey thanks that was very helpful! Still learning
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    What does it take to get lavender mottled?

    Are the genetics sex linked? Cross the offspring back to the lavender or the black mottled? Or cross the offspring of the lavender and black mottled to each other?
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    What does it take to get lavender mottled?

    I've been searching but haven't really found much info. What does it take to get lavender mottled orpingtons? I have english lavender Orpingtons. Do you have to breed the lavenders to black mottled and breed the offspring back to lavender to get some mottled chicks?
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    Blue swedish isbars

    Thanks. I wasn't sure how their colors worked. I've been focusing more on orpingtons after I got these eggs. I guess I can't have too many!
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