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Thanks for the info. :)

OK, I feel dumb.... I don't know what "an extended black chick at hatching" looks like. What does this mean?

Here are my original chicks (Ignore all the dark colored chicks) Here are these now-grown chicks, chicks: the second generation. They second generation seem to have a lot more yellow in them, especially on the wings. Is this common?

Of course I am one of those people who has learned about LOs after the fact. I just hatched out a batch of chicks and they had a lot of yellow in them. Needless to say, I was very disappointed, and have been reading this thread a little more. I realise now because I do not have a black...

Can someone explain to me why it is important to breed lavenders back to black. What happens if you keep breeding lav to lav? Thanks. :)

My boys and I have a running argument of the color of these chickens. I say lavender. They say gray. OK, so maybe they are right....somewhat , but gray is not as as charming lavender! I see lavender! Hazy lavender: http://colors.sanjeev.net/color-hazy-lavender/

Quote: No broody hen yet. I got 7 LO eggs from Nancy. Of the 4 that hatched, I got 2 roos and 2 hens....all lavenders. When they were about 10 weeks old, one of the roos fell off the roost and broke his neck. I wasn't too upset because he was very aggressive and mean. The surviving roo is...

Quote: I added ages to the pics. I think they started laying around 5 1/2 months old. Thanks! I got mine from Nancy, too. They are about 24 wks now and combs still very pink-they don't appear to be close to egg-laying, so I was just looking for a comparison. It may be the time of year...

Quote: I added ages to the pics. I think they started laying around 5 1/2 months old.

Here are my 3 LOs from Nancy Garry: The brown chick is not a LO. Of the 4 LOs chicks hatched in late January this year, 3 survived. 2 hens and a rooster. The roo is really sweet. In the next 2 pics, they are 6 months old: Tootles, the roo, is almost 7months here: In this pic, he is...