Is this Isabel or Lavender Orpington?

[ChristinLewin]

Bought straight run in 2018 as a Lavender Orpington and I’ve always thought that’s what he was and all of a sudden someone on BYC said he’s an Isabel Orpington and so now I’m curious what everyone thinks of him. Here are a crap ton of pictures I took yesterday from all different angles

he is absolutely massive in comparison with all of the other chickens, a little too big to be gentle on the hens, super good with humans of all sizes, and he protects the hens perfectly. He recently lost a spur while defending the ladies from a raccoon. He’s a good boy named Gandalf

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

He is beautiful!

 

[whiteboy]

Very handsome!

 

[MGG]

Bought straight run in 2018 as a Lavender Orpington and I’ve always thought that’s what he was and all of a sudden someone on BYC said he’s an Isabel Orpington and so now I’m curious what everyone thinks of him. Here are a crap ton of pictures I took yesterday from all different angles View attachment 2288792View attachment 2288793View attachment 2288794View attachment 2288795View attachment 2288796View attachment 2288797View attachment 2288798View attachment 2288799View attachment 2288800

he is absolutely massive in comparison with all of the other chickens, a little too big to be gentle on the hens, super good with humans of all sizes, and he protects the hens perfectly. He recently lost a spur while defending the ladies from a raccoon. He’s a good boy named Gandalf

He appears to be an Isabel. He's gorgeous.

 

[Three Little Bunnies]

He looks almost like he’s half Buff and half Lavender. He’s very handsome!

 

[ChristinLewin]

He appears to be an Isabel. He's gorgeous.

The coloring perhaps but the body type doesn’t match Isabel so I’m confused

 

[ChristinLewin]

He doesn’t have the “under carriage” down feathers like an Isabel, though (I took this when his spur was coming off after defending the ladies)

here he is at one week old. On the top

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Where is he from? Is Isabel an option? All varieties of Orpington have the same body type. There are multiple standards of Orpingtons however like the American vs English and then hatchery Orps kind of stand alone in look, but lavender vs isabel shouldn't be associated with different body types. They're merely colors

 

[ChristinLewin]

Where is he from? Is Isabel an option? All varieties of Orpington have the same body type. There are multiple standards of Orpingtons however like the American vs English and then hatchery Orps kind of stand alone in look, but lavender vs isabel shouldn't be associated with different body types. They're merely colors

McMurray. They don’t carry Isabel Orpington

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

McMurray. They don’t carry Isabel Orpington

He's likely lavender then. These hatchery quality birds tend to have a lot of leakage on them