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?
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...
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...
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?
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...