Are my chicks lavender orpingtons?

[yellow duck]

My black lavanders look just like them.She probably bred her lavander hens with a black oprington. There dominate color is black with a lavander gene so if u breed them with a lavander rooster or hen depending on what u end up with 50-50. 50will be lavander and 50 black with the lavander gene

 

[HighStreetCoop]

My black lavanders look just like them.She probably bred her lavander hens with a black oprington. There dominate color is black with a lavander gene so if u breed them with a lavander rooster or hen depending on what u end up with 50-50. 50will be lavander and 50 black with the lavander gene

That may well be, but blacks split to lavender are not lavender. If someone orders lavender and receives black split to lavender, that's just flat out false advertising and a bait and switch maneuver. There's absolutely nothing to support that these are black split to lavender, as there's no way to tell by looking. And by no means should it be up to the purchaser to undertake a breeding program to get what they already paid for.

 

[robgray]

Sadly this is what they look like now. Mutts i can never breed from. Ebay said the time passed exempted me from any refund... Of course until you hatch them .... You dont know if you got what you paid for!!!!!! Grrrr

 

[yellow duck]

I'm really sorry that happened to u... I'm breading my lavander orpingtons now if u want some chicks I can keep u updated on there status

 

[donrae]

Did you leave appropriate feedback?

 

[WVduckchick]

I have spoken with someone about buying some lavender orp eggs. She said that she currently has one black rooster in with them this year, because you have to bring the black back into the breeding every other year, IIRC, so she said I could possibly get a black chick. I assume it would be a male? Does this sound plausible or like a load of bull?

 

[Kev]

Some do that kind of breeding so that is plausible.

HOWEVER.. pointedly ask if the black roo is a lavender carrier.

A pure black over lavenders will give all solid blacks.

A black that carries lavender over lavenders will give half lavender HALF black chicks. It's not sex linked so there will be a mix of male/female lavenders or blacks.

On re-reading, if her breeding group has more than one rooster- say, one lavender one black rooster over a bunch of lavender hens.. if the black is a lavender carrier, then the answer is right as in theory both roosters are breeding all the hens, then more than half of the chicks should come out lavender with the chance of some blacks.

It gets a little trickier if the black is not a carrier and you have no real way to tell if the lavender roo is also breeding the hens or the black is either the dominant or the hens just prefer him.. in this case it's a gamble.

 

[WVduckchick]

Some do that kind of breeding so that is plausible.

HOWEVER.. pointedly ask if the black roo is a lavender carrier.

A pure black over lavenders will give all solid blacks.

A black that carries lavender over lavenders will give half lavender HALF black chicks. It's not sex linked so there will be a mix of male/female lavenders or blacks.

On re-reading, if her breeding group has more than one rooster- say, one lavender one black rooster over a bunch of lavender hens.. if the black is a lavender carrier, then the answer is right as in theory both roosters are breeding all the hens, then more than half of the chicks should come out lavender with the chance of some blacks.

It gets a little trickier if the black is not a carrier and you have no real way to tell if the lavender roo is also breeding the hens or the black is either the dominant or the hens just prefer him.. in this case it's a gamble.

great, thanks a bunch. I will ask before I buy.

 

[ladycat]

Sadly this is what they look like now. Mutts i can never breed from. Ebay said the time passed exempted me from any refund... Of course until you hatch them .... You dont know if you got what you paid for!!!!!! Grrrr

That doesn't even look like an Orpington.

 

[yellow duck]

Yes that is very true!! I am doing the same right now with my lavanders and a black english orpington now. There will be a 50 50 spilt of what u can get all lavander or a black with lavander gene
if it's black that does not mean it's a rooster I have right now 4 black lavander split that I'm sure one is a roo and the other 3 pullets. I'll then breed them back to my english black and then use there off-spring to bring back out the lavander which in turn will have a bigger and more fluffy body and feather output.