Help! Is this Lavender Orpington a Pullet or Cockerel?

[RynsHens]

Yeah. Cockerel. With a lot of feather shredding.

Oh wow! I have never heard of that but just looked it up. He's from My Pet Chicken. Thanks for the comment.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Oh wow! I have never heard of that but just looked it up. He's from My Pet Chicken. Thanks for the comment.

It's very common in birds that are Lavender. Especially in hatchery stock. Breeding back to Black and making Black birds that are split to (or carry) the Lavender gene and using those for breeding usually fixes the issue. Breeders should breed responsibly and do this. As hatcheries and most backyard breeders that advertise their ***ULTRA RaIRe LAVANDAR OrPhliGNTOns*** don't as they are in it for the money, and therefore breeding quantity over quality, it has become super common.

A well-feathered Lavender American Orpington (APA) should look like this:

And if you like your Orpingtons English flavored:

And what one without shredding looks like from the American hatcheries and most backyard breeders that don't breed to the proposed SOP:

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Oh wow! I have never heard of that but just looked it up. He's from My Pet Chicken. Thanks for the comment.

Ive had a lav roo last year from there and he wasnt nearly as bad there stocks getting worse I see