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    What color is my rooster?

    Such a handsome bird! I won't be able to get good pics for a few days but can definitely try!
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    What color is my rooster?

    Thank you for your response. What I'm confused about if he is lavender, then how are the majority of the chicks also visibly gray and not all black or black barred?
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    What color is my rooster?

    My rooster, Gandalf, was given to me as a "lavender Orpington". He came with a black cockerel and another gray cockerel that eventually got some red patches. I've recently hatched out chicks from this guy over my Chocolate Orp, Wyandotte, and Dominique hens. The chicks are all black or gray so...
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    Color genetics

    Awesome to know, thank you.
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    Color genetics

    Hello, I'm still learning color genetics and currently raising my first chicks hatched from my own mixed flock. My rooster, Gandalf is a gray (not quite blue not quite lavender) Orpington cross, and my hens are two chocolate Orps, 2 Wyandottes (a gold and silver laced) and a Dominique. This...
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    Blue Orpx roo over chocolate Orp hens

    Hello! I have a blue Orpington cross (maybe some leghorn in there?) rooster and chocolate Orpington hens. I cannot find a chart that says what colors I could expect from their chicks. I've found the reverse chart choc roo over blue hens but I imagine that the genetics aren't the same. Any ideas?
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    Orpington cockerels?

    Thank you, I was also questioning the "lavenders" as the color didn't seem right.
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    Orpington cockerels?

    I accidentally posted before finishing, these are the birds in question
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    Orpington cockerels?

    I was told these cockerels were pure Orpingtons (lavender and black respectively) when I got them at 4 weeks old (they're 8 weeks old now). A friend picked up a group of chicks from someone off FB so I didn't personally see what birds they actually had on the property. Either way I'm growing...
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