Bay Area BYCers!

[HHandbasket]

Hey Rob, that's gonna be awesome! Backyard chickens are still illegal here in Sacramento, and I'm going to talk to my city councilman and see if we can get Mr. McCarthy and some of his colleagues to come see you and hear what you have to say, although I doin't think Kevin McCarthy needs much convincing--he seems to be in favor--But I think disspelling some of the misinformation that has been spewed around council chambers the last few rounds would go a long way toward helping the locals. Our house is considered county, literally only yards away from the city/county border, and we're not bound by the city's ordinances, though we have ordinances of our own to comply with, just not as strict (within the county, if your lot is 10K feet or bigger, you can have all the chickens your property will hold; within city limits, however, it is not legal to have even 1, regardless of lot size).

Besides, the annual home/garden/flower show is a huge hit and has a lot of attendees. I look forward to seeing you there this year.

 

[Mrsfoote]

Guess who is getting Lav.Orpington eggs....THIS GIRL IS

 

[wolftracks]

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Congrats!!!!!!

Wonder what my lav AMs and your Lav orps would produce. ooooooooo

 

[dldolan]

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Congrats!!!!!!

Wonder what my lav AMs and your Lav orps would produce. ooooooooo

I love thinking about the groovy designer chickens we can make! Bet there are some fantastic beauties out there...

so, who can tell me about lavendar? I've ordered a few lav chicks with the Jeremy order. What color offspring will they produce when crossed with blue? silver? BCM? Just wondering...

 

[wolftracks]

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Congrats!!!!!!

Wonder what my lav AMs and your Lav orps would produce. ooooooooo

I love thinking about the groovy designer chickens we can make! Bet there are some fantastic beauties out there...

so, who can tell me about lavendar? I've ordered a few lav chicks with the Jeremy order. What color offspring will they produce when crossed with blue? silver? BCM? Just wondering...

Not sure about blue or silver but black works. I have a black AM roo

 

[cherylcohen]

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Congrats I love the lavender I have...who is the breeder?

 

[HiddenHill Heretic]

The little 13 wk old Lavender Orp I got from Cheryl is the sweetest little thing. She is dwarfed by the English Black Orp, but she is gorgeous. Congratulations on your Orps.

 

[jeremy]

Dawn and wolftracks, this is for you!

Lavender is a recessive gene, so crossing a bird that carries Lav to anything (except for another Lav bird) will most likely only produce Black offspring. Some of that offspring may have the potential to produce Lav offspring when bred back to a Lav bird, these blacks carry the Lav gene and are commonly referred to as Lav splits.

Essentially you must have 2 copies of the Lav gene (one from each parent) in order to produce chicks that visually express the Lavender color.

Lavender is still very much a project color in any breed. There's a condition called " fretting" that is genetically (some say) linked to the Lav gene that causes birds of the Lavender color to have poor feather quality. Feathers in the tail feathers, primary and secondary wing feathers oftentimes will appeared "frayed". The easiest way to combat this issue is by crossing quality black links into your Lav project and selectively breed against the fretting.

Lavender is not an APA accepted color in any breed.

Another name for Lavender is self blue. In the UK Lavender is also referred to as pearl gray.

 

[jeremy]

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Luke, you'll find that the English Orp is only going to get bigger and bigger. I LOVE the English type, the look of the American Orps just cannot compare. They look scrawny next to a big, regal English bred Orpington.

 

[cherylcohen]

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Luke, you'll find that the English Orp is only going to get bigger and bigger. I LOVE the English type, the look of the American Orps just cannot compare. They look scrawny next to a big, regal English bred Orpington.

Really? I don't think you can generalize when you have birds like my Oprah and Julia.... 100% american blood - Oprah is the size of a turkey!