You're welcome! And thank you!
Yes, you are correct on the down colors of the chicks. Also, another factor in mottled Orps is their legs will be white, not slate or black like most black and Lavender birds have. My couple of adult mottled Lavs don't have super defined mottling (hopefully it...
I have both Lavender and Black mottled birds. There is a thread for the mottled birds somewhere. I will find a link to it for you and repost it. When the mottled chicks hatch they are all yellow with a small spot of black or lavender on their back and sometimes head. I have more pics than the...
My current Lavender flock (plus a Wheaten Marans hen), which is probably going to be sold this weekend to thin down the population. Excuse the lack of tailfeathers on the roo...they are just coming out of their first molt. I don't care for the roo much, so I put a Black 7/8 English roo over them...
Thank you! I think they are just adorable too! Hopefully others will chime in with their opinions. I have some more due this weekend and in a couple weeks, so hopefully I will have more like that little black one!
Hey all! I hatched a batch of Lavenders and some splits over the weekend and ended up with some oddballs. One is definitely a mottled Lavender. The other I have no clue if it is a black with a lot of white trim or if it could be mottled too. Any ideas?