Cockerel or pullets? Lavender Orpington

[WVduckchick]

How many other roosters do you have?

 

[sawilliams]

none... I only had 10 hens until we moved out here in June (live in city limits 6 hen no rooster regs). Once we got settled my friend gave me Roosty at 10wks old as my first rooster. The second lavender is from 2 hatching eggs the same friend also have me for my broody hen, only one made it to hatch the other got smashed at about 1w. Then I added 6 sex link red pullets from tsc to grow my ranch flock.

If both Lavender Orpingtons are cockerels then i have 2 of 18 total, but neither are mating yet as one is undecided and the other is only 10wks.

My 10 hens are 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years old 5 going into thier 2nd winter and 5 into thier 3rd winter. Of those 10 I have 2 which are mounting hens, my head hen and second in command, but they only mount and do not crow and both still lay eggs

 

[WVduckchick]

Hmmm. I've noticed that my male LOs seem to develop slower with more males around (shy, meek boys). I was thinking if you had more dominant males, maybe these were just slow. I'm still undecided on one of mine right now. Crazy birds. Lol

 

[sawilliams]

Hmmm. I've noticed that my male LOs seem to develop slower with more males around (shy, meek boys). I was thinking if you had more dominant males, maybe these were just slow. I'm still undecided on one of mine right now. Crazy birds. Lol

Yeah is rather irritating honestly. Like just hurry up and mature already

 

[sawilliams]

WVduckchick what do Buff Orpington chicks look like compared to Lavender? I'm just wondering becuase both lavender are from an all Orpington mixed color flock and I'm thinking the little chick might have some buff in her... him... IT. I can't really get it to show up in the pictures but it's just a lighter lavender the I've attributed to age and then there just a hint of beige shadowing towards the feather ends. My friend has lavender, buff, chocolate, blue and blacks

 

[WVduckchick]

WVduckchick what do Buff Orpington chicks look like compared to Lavender? I'm just wondering becuase both lavender are from an all Orpington mixed color flock and I'm thinking the little chick might have some buff in her... him... IT. I can't really get it to show up in the pictures but it's just a lighter lavender the I've attributed to age and then there just a hint of beige shadowing towards the feather ends. My friend has lavender, buff, chocolate, blue and blacks

In order to look lavender, it takes 2 copies of the lav gene, one from each parent. It's a totally different gene than the color gene for buffs, blues, blacks. So yours had both lav parents. It is possible to be split for lavender, but a split would look black. A buff colored bird could not produce lavender offspring.

 

[sawilliams]

Ok I think that makes since. Poultry genitics is still new to me.

In order to look lavender, it takes 2 copies of the lav gene, one from each parent. It's a totally different gene than the color gene for buffs, blues, blacks. So yours had both lav parents. It is possible to be split for lavender, but a split would look black. A buff colored bird could not produce lavender offspring.

 

[WVduckchick]

Ok I think that makes since. Poultry genitics is still new to me.

Me too! But lavender is really one of the simpler ones. They are or they aren't. Lol

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I can try tomorrow, but if you look back a page I took a while bunch a few days ago just becuase I was in the run

I'm leaning toward cockerel, mostly because of those saddle feathers.

 

[sawilliams]

Another pic update

Roosty last night