Well, it's official. I am out of the lavender orpington project. Sold my last two lavender hens this morning. I have mixed feelings about giving them up. I just have close to 200 chickens right now including chicks. My heart is just not in the lavs anymore. I think this fall would have...
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Yes, that is a Lavender Mottled chick.
Can anyone share with me the breeding % of Mottled x Mottled if I decide to set up a mottled breeding pen? What about Mottled X Lav Roo? I have hatched 2 sets of eggs and bought a set of Lav chicks over the past few months to pick the best ones...
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The sun and scratch feed will do this to them.
Had one the same way. I moved him to the shade of my "condition for show" coops and it went away over time. If it is only sunburn, you may not notice a signifigant change until molt.