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Ah well I agree then if you are getting overwhelmed, then its best to take it a little slow. You might want to try getting a young cockeral or hatch out your own little roos. They sometimes are much sweeter that way. I have seven little lav orp roos (cockerals about 3 mos old) growing out right...

Have they been keeping the rooster in the sun a lot? When my lavender roos freerange a lot in the sunshine they get that yellowish tinge to them. When they molt, they lose it. I have heard some things about corn affecting the coloring but it doesn't seem to happen with the hens, only the roos in...

The yellowing could be from the sun. My lav roo gets some yellowing on his back and back of his neck from sun here in FL. Molts out completely. The sun in AZ is much more intense so it could be... Watch and see if he molts it out once he gets on good feed for a while. Also check them good for...

GORGEOUS!

SHe is just gorgeous! I am gonna have to get some of those. You just wanna hug em and squeeze em and love em lol !!!

Good information on the chick down!! 2 thumbs up :D

Looks blue. Is that a fleck of copper up on his head?

Is there any specific reason why you would breed lav to blue instead of lav to black other than availablity? Just wondering..

Quote: How cute! DH calls these "Cha-Chingers" since they are surely the most I've spent for chicks to date! Half of the surviving Cha-Chingers have made their way to Missouri. 6 1/2 weeks old .... 2 lavender 3 black...... Can you sex them yet...

Awwww all those lavenders are so cute!! kathy: That is an interesting project lavender coronation sussex! Those little mottled chicks are pretty cool looking- they have a spot on their heads like little cuckoos lol.

Those are some cute babies and your lav roo is beautiful

One of my split blk/lav girls just started squatting today when I went to pet her! Yeah!! I hope that means they will lay soon. I haven't seen the roos trying to mate them yet though.

Oh wow 7 mos is a long time. I got a ways to go then, lol.

Here is a photo I took today of Roo#2 (Mr. T). The one who was the most mottled looking. He was more creamish yellow and black when he was born not pure white and black now that I think about it. He is about 3 1/2 months old now. He is all black (he has a few splatters of bright yellow paint...

Thank you both very much for your replies. That does make sense about the adult color and the traits of the breed being most important. Here are a few of my pics. Now that I see the true mottled (mostly yellow chicks) pics I can see that my 2 had way less yellow but I guess I was confused...

I am gonna try with this question one more time: Maybe it is too dumb to ask here... Quote:

I have a another question: I have two split black/lav roosters. One was born all black with a tiny bit of white (nomal I think) which became all black when it got its adult feathers. The other one (roo #2) was born with black and some blondish mottling which also turned pure black with its...

Ahh well that sucks... why would ya not wanna incubate? I guess maybe you could get a broody to sit on them...would that be cheating? DH made me promise not to hatch out any more different kinds of chicks soooo that means I can still incubate the same types I already have. He is just mad...

Congrats on the lavender girl laying. You must put them in the bater!!

Thank you. I think it is mainly one mean hen that is doing most of the feather picking on the other birds. There is another hen who is just as mean but doesn't want to actually eat the other bird's feathers as much. I have been feeding them more protein so will watch to see if it kicks in. I...