Lavendar orp roos?

alwaystj9

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2 lavenders, I think they are roos. Both from Mt.Healthy hatchery order. 3 pics of each and they are both vicious little peckers who did not want to cooperate at all.
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Number 2

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They are about 4 months old. These 2 are larger than the others and have sort of curly tailfeathers.
They have also separated themselves from the main flock. I'll try to grab a couple pix of the others.
They don't really seem to have saddle feathers or very thick legs but they are so much larger than the others and I have had young roos pull out of the flock before. It's a new breed for me, they were part of a mix. They're pretty but not very smart - they do not understand gates or corners.They also don't seem to care to go out to forage.They mostly seem to go over and over the same patch of ground hoping food has magically appeared whilethe rest of the flock goes out to the pasture.
 
They are about 4 months old. These 2 are larger than the others and have sort of curly tailfeathers.
They have also separated themselves from the main flock. I'll try to grab a couple pix of the others.
They don't really seem to have saddle feathers or very thick legs but they are so much larger than the others and I have had young roos pull out of the flock before. It's a new breed for me, they were part of a mix. They're pretty but not very smart - they do not understand gates or corners.They also don't seem to care to go out to forage.They mostly seem to go over and over the same patch of ground hoping food has magically appeared whilethe rest of the flock goes out to the pasture.
At that age they must be pullets. The cockerels of that variety tend to get large combs much earlier. I think their large size is just natural variation, and they probably got more food as they grew because they were more dominant.
 

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