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  1. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    His legs appear to be white as well, yes I would say he is carrying the mottling gene. As he matures you won't be able to tell him apart too much from the others as the mottling starts to blend into the lavender coloring other than he will have white legs and the others will have slate.
  2. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: hahaha, good one, matte! Let's see if Jeremy will do that! Alot of people culled out the mottled, and now they are sorta hard to find. I have had several people ask me about getting them, but I no longer have any. If you breed for the Lavender Mottled, you will likely get several...
  3. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Any of the chicks born yellow with a lav spot here and there are mottled and will carry the mottled gene. The thing about mottling on lavs, as they get older is gets really hard to see and they look almost just like regular lavs other than the white legs.
  4. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    No, I would say those are orpingtons and very nice ones for lavender!! My guess is some of your stock is carrying the mottled gene and your chicks are mottled lavenders! They will have white legs instead of slate as they get older. Great pics thanks for sharing.
  5. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: And that's reasonable Sandy, I know for a fact good show stock can bring in the upwards of $100 and more per bird and that includes cockerels!
  6. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: Well they can say just lavender without saying pure. Also I looked on ebay and its amazing to me the strong hatchery Australorp influence they have still. They have no resemblance of Orpington in them at all. Yes they could say that but they don't and I think that is where allot of...
  7. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Not to complicate things but I think that allot of sellers when they use the word "pure" are referring to the color and not type. Meaning you are going to get all lavenders and not split blacks from your hatch, hence "pure". Just went and looked at some ebay ads and I think that's what they are...
  8. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: There is a listing on BYC for a Chocolate Orpington Bantam male. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=602381 This guy is about 4-5 months old and is huge. He was the youngest of the cockerels I received. I wouldn't really categorized him as a bantam, but that is...
  9. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    As much as I love the UK bantam orps they just won't work for me. Seeing that they are already bigger than the American bantams (who most are already a tad too large) the UK orps will just create more problems for those of us who are breeding to standard to show them. Though I may like one...
  10. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: I think there are some bantams in development just like the LF.
  11. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    My lavender orpington. Yes, he is a lavender orpington!!! O.k. so now for the details. First let me say that his legs are not yellow, I think it was a combo of the brooder lighting and my camera that make them look yellow, but he is in with yellow legged chicks so I know for sure. He is...
  12. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: O.k. Renee, you can't say something like that and not share, what is he!! Well, I'm not even sure it happened, because I certainly never saw evidence of it...but my Isabel project used to be housed on another person's farm some months back, and they were near that person't Light...
  13. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: Crikey, Steve! Is that from one of my eggs!?!? If it is, I have the answer, and I suspect you'll hate it as much as I do... O.k. Renee, you can't say something like that and not share, what is he!!
  14. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: That's a better pic but I don't think that chick is 3 weeks old, looks more like a one week old. You should start to see a growth spurt and gangly stage in the coming next couple of weeks. No....she's definitely 3 weeks old. I've had her since Friday 6/3. If anything, she should be...
  15. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: What's the mille bantams??
  16. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: Just have to ask, are you sure that is an orpington chick? It has very black and petite legs as well as a solid black beak, not what I am familiar with seeing on lavender orpingtons??The conformation at three weeks doesn't seem right for an orpington either. No, we got her from a...
  17. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: Just have to ask, are you sure that is an orpington chick? It has very black and petite legs as well as a solid black beak, not what I am familiar with seeing on lavender orpingtons??The conformation at three weeks doesn't seem right for an orpington either.
  18. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    Quote: Very lovely. This is my big guy going to show end of may with.....he'll be 1 year old the week before the show. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/21675_black_show_roo_002.jpg This is a pic of what I think about when I think orp...
  19. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    I am like the others this year and making improvements to my lavs using my Exhibition blacks that I do show and win with. This is my rooster that I am using along with crossing two of my black exhibition hens with my lav roo. Truly believe that I will much improvement from the offspring. Have a...
  20. HenThymes

    Lavender Orpington project ....

    I have also just taken both of his girls to my lav roo for some major improvement. I will also take a lav hen to my black rooster later this spring.
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