Lavender hen hatched chicks that look like barred rock?

[tlcollins13]

We have a pair of Lavender orpingtons but the chicks that hatched about 5wks ago were black with yellow belly and a small amount of lavender and now are starting to look like barred rocks. The hen was only with the lavender rooster. The hen does lay blue/greenish egg instead of brown so the lady said she probably had some sorta Americana or something in her down the line. She doesn't look like an Americana though.

Anyone know what would be in her gene pool for the chicks to look that way? Will these chicks have the lavender gene so that we can hatch lavender orpingtons from them? Thanks!

I will add pic when I figure out how.

 

[Michael OShay]

If your hen is laying blue-green eggs, she is not a pure Lavender Orpington which lay brown eggs. She is an Easter Egger with a blue egg gene parent and a brown egg gene (perhaps a Lavender Orp) parent. If you can get a pic posted, we would be happy to take a look at her for you. )

 

[keesmom]

Pictures of both would help. One, or both, is not lavender. Breeding 2 lavender birds can only result in lavender offspring, so if you are not seeing it then one (or both) parents do not have the gene.

 

[tlcollins13]

Yes, I will get a picture of them. But I don't see where to add one. Can someone tell me how to do that? lol

 

[corewassen87]

Down in the reply box there's the 4 buttons above where you type. It'll be the third box from the left. Looks like a generic mountain picture