Lavender Orpington project ....

[Happy Chooks]

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I'd like to know this as well. I hatched some BBS Orps a few weeks ago (for the purpose of broodies) and it appears most of them are cockerals.

So I'm gonna need some more females!

 

[Tuffoldhen]

 

[kathyinmo]

My Lavenders SHOULD be laying, but they aren't! Any day now .....

Kelly, Of course you know I always share!

Actually, I have 5 Lavender roos, and am willing to part with a couple of them. Then, all you need to do is add Black Orp girls .... and you are on your way!

 

[Je9Jeanine]

I have two baby orps that were said to be splash. They are five weeks old now. One looks lavender. I looked at her feather shafts and they start dark and then end light. I guess that means that is a good sign. I have no knowledge about lavenders, but I am wondering if mine is a lavender, then should I try to breed her. There is a local breeder close by who has a black orp. She might let my lavender visit her orp for some eggs, I am sure she will. I really know little to nothing about chicken breeding, and I am not finding as many answers online as I would hope. Any recommendations to learn more about breeding?

Jeanine

 

[rancher hicks]

I have a couple of questions.
1. Why do they call it lavender? I have some Ameraucana chicks but they look gray to me. I don't see any purple in them. My mums favorite color was lavender and they don't look like that.

2. While I do like them, even though they don't look "lavender", how are they as production birds? For meat or eggs.

3. I have some Buff, do the different colors vary widely in the production area?

 

[bacres]

Are Lavenders shown as AOV? When will they pass? When do you think?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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These are project birds and not true to Orpington standards as yet. It's just the color name that they call it, Lavender. My girls are cranking out eggs!!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=328923

 

[Lensters]

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Hi Jeanine,

What you have sounds to me like a lighter colored Blue. It is really hard to tell the Blues when they are chicks because they vary so much and can be mistaken for a Black or a Splash.

As for learning genetics I would suggest starting here:

http://sellers.kippenjungle.nl/page0.html

Also play with the chicken color calculator here:

http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingKipFlexTree.html


Len

 

[scbatz33]

My core flock....The black girls have all gone broody - never had broodies before!

 

[hinkjc]

Ah, a thread after my own heart.