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[BReeder!]

OK, Orp phonatics out there I have decided I absolutely want a Lavender Laced Orpington. Anybody know a source?

 

[Faraday40]

OK, Orp phonatics out there I have decided I absolutely want a Lavender Laced Orpington. Anybody know a source?

I love sharing my orpington addiction!

I have Lavender


& Silver Laced Orps - the lacing of my SLO chicks is either black or blue depending on the hen. 'Mr Wonderful' has black lacing.

A baby blue silver laced



(I also breed black & blue orps.) Here's one blue I held back from my March hatch. She's getting big!


I will probably not start a lavender laced orp project since the blue - silver laced orp would look pretty much the same. I sold off my Isabel orps and all my chocolate & chocolate cuckoo orps last year.

*The 1st lav hen pic was taken a while ago, but all the other pics were taken today. The silkie is raising some lavs & blacks right now. Cookie's eggs will hatch this weekend & then my last hatch will be mid July.

 

[BReeder!]

I love sharing my orpington addiction!

I have Lavender
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& Silver Laced Orps - the lacing of my SLO chicks is either black or blue depending on the hen. 'Mr Wonderful' has black lacing.
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A baby blue silver laced
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(I also breed black & blue orps.) Here's one blue I held back from my March hatch. She's getting big!
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I will probably not start a lavender laced orp project since the blue - silver laced orp would look pretty much the same. I sold off my Isabel orps and all my chocolate & chocolate cuckoo orps last year.

*The 1st lav hen pic was taken a while ago, but all the other pics were taken today. The silkie is raising some lavs & blacks right now. Cookie's eggs will hatch this weekend & then my last hatch will be mid July.

The big question then is: Are you willing to part with one of your orp chicks?
I do like the blue/silver laced. I like them with some pattern basically and the color is interesting to me.

 

[BReeder!]

I let my little guy, B3, help feed the hens today. He enjoys feeding them as much as they enjoy eating. He loves his chickens!

 

[Faraday40]

Had a funny case of melting chicken yesterday:

 

[Faraday40]

Jewel & her babies went out to the grass for the 1st time today. They're about 1 week old. I got a few pics but my lens kept fogging up! I gave the chickens some frozen berries. They loved them!

@Molpet Unlike the last white ones, this white poult has some color on its wing tips. Do you think it could be a royal palm? What about the browns? This batch is also growing faster. Could that mean Toms or could it be the rough start the others had? The last 2 looked diff. One big boned with wider head & the other more petite with an angular head shape. These 3 look the same in size/ head shape.

Look! A 2-headed turkey! LOL

Also picked & processed a bunch of cherries. (My 3rd vat of pie filling this week)

Meanwhile, Cookie will be getting her chicks soon!

There are 22 eggs in the incubator- due tonight thru Sunday. Most will be purebred orps ( black, lav, & laced) but I added 4 EEs just for fun. I don't expect all to hatch.
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5 eggs under her now - due on Mon-Tues (These were sort of an afterthought but close enough in age to be added together. Am I the only one who does this or is it common among hatch-a-holics? In my defense, they are laced orp eggs & I didn't want to just eat them!)

so far in the incubator I have:
2 early chicks - just hatched - an EE & a lav orp
10 pipped eggs
10 unpipped

 

[Molpet]

Jewel & her babies went out to the grass for the 1st time today. They're about 1 week old. I got a few pics but my lens kept fogging up! I gave the chickens some frozen berries. They loved them!

@Molpet Unlike the last white ones, this white poult has some color on its wing tips. Do you think it could be a royal palm? What about the browns? This batch is also growing faster. Could that mean Toms or could it be the rough start the others had? The last 2 looked diff. One big boned with wider head & the other more petite with an angular head shape. These 3 look the same in size/ head shape.


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Also picked & processed a bunch of cherries. (My 3rd vat of pie filling this week)

Meanwhile, Cookie will be getting her chicks soon!

There are 22 eggs in the incubator- due tonight thru Sunday. Most will be purebred orps ( black, lav, & laced) but I added 4 EEs just for fun. I don't expect all to hatch.
+
5 eggs under her now - due on Mon-Tues (These were sort of an afterthought but close enough in age to be added together. Am I the only one who does this or is it common among hatch-a-holics? In my defense, they are laced orp eggs & I didn't want to just eat them!)

so far in the incubator I have:
2 early chicks - just hatched - an EE & a lav orp
10 pipped eggs
10 unpipped

The rp have black...
calico or sweetgrass have brown / blk. Which is what I think we are getting.. I have some pic of mine,but keep getting an error.. can't see what I am trying to load on the phone anyway lol

Okay got one to load of the oldest poults from the 19 th

 

[Molpet]

Just now pic

 

[Faraday40]

Incubator progress: Saturday noon, eve, & Sunday morning

From my lav eggs. I expected blk/lav splits.... but didn't know my roo carried choc too!
I love the unexpected variety!



Mystery colored orp:


Mystery orp next to GG's chick (standing). Hers are either blue laced or buff Columbian depending on the roo. I love both colors! I also giggled at the "oops" photo. Can you guess which chick is already hgher in the pecking order?


Hatched some
Laced orps

and some EEs for fun

Chicks got put under Cookie & then all moved to brooder. Such a great mama! The unhatched eggs got moved to the incubator. (Six eggs left to go in various stages. Some may hatch as late as Tues)

 

[BReeder!]

Incubator progress: Saturday noon, eve, & Sunday morning

From my lav eggs. I expected blk/lav splits.... but didn't know my roo carried choc too!
I love the unexpected variety!



Mystery colored orp:


Mystery orp next to GG's chick (standing). Hers are either blue laced or buff Columbian depending on the roo. I love both colors! I also giggled at the "oops" photo. Can you guess which chick is already hgher in the pecking order?


Hatched some
Laced orps

and some EEs for fun

Chicks got put under Cookie & then all moved to brooder. Such a great mama! The unhatched eggs got moved to the incubator. (Six eggs left to go in various stages. Some may hatch as late as Tues)

Any idea what color the lighter laced orp will end up being? Looks white or yellow currently in the pic, but J already no how much a chick changes color in time.