Lavender Orpington project ....

[nicalandia]

Is this cockrell considered a split?




Why are this girl's feathers so "frilly?"

they look too diluted to even concider them splits(lavender splits are black) they could carry blue and lavender

 

[jmanderson777]

thanks. i didn't breed them and this is my first venture into the lavenders. the cockrel just has darker wings than any of the others. most of them are bright whitish silver with a slightly head like the pullet shown. even the other cockrels are lighter than this fella.

 

[OSUman]

They kinda look more like splash birds

 

[gronsk]

this is our second hatch - we had one in the spring with 13 lavender chicks - all lavender color.... the second hatch has 4 lavenders and 3 black guys --- WHY ???
last year we bought a dozen eggs from bargain and four hatched - - three females and a male -- we then bought 10 live ones from a different breeder from georgia - they ended up being 9 males and 1 female.... for our first hatch we took 2 roosters we bought live and put them in with the 3 hens from bargain and 1 hen from the live bunch - all thirteen chicks we hatched were lavender.
we may have switched the bargain rooster with one of the other ones for the second hatch - i thought lavenders breed true....

 

[cukooformarans]

Here are the possibilities that I see:

1. Is it possible that another rooster (not one of your lavenders) got to your hens or that another hen (not one of your lavenders) was laying in the box?

2. At least one of your parent stock is not a lavender (maybe a blue or a splash?

If the answer to #1 is yes, you probably have your answer. If not, can you post pictures of your parent stock?

 

[cukooformarans]

BTW, the chicks are still adorable!!!!

 

[gronsk]

no other rooster got in... just might have switched a lav rooster - i'll get some picks of the dads today...

 

[laylady]

Wondering if "splash" lavender orps are of much value in comparison with straight lavender orpingtons?

 

[cowchick11]

Thank you HallFamilyFarm! I have punches already and talked to breeders and judges before getting into that. I marked my chicks this year but it was just luck that they hatched on the weekend when I was home all day and I could punch them from the egg markings. This coming year however I want to do some different matings and need to be sure even if I'm not home all day. Are those dish washing baskets? Do they need to "lock"?

These are what we prefer to use as hatching baskets.

http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?Prod_ID=RP091308
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As far as toe punching, check this out.



http://www.strombergschickens.com/prod_detail_list/toe-punch

http://www.dominiquechicken.com/Toe_Punch_Chart.html

And at http://www.polishbreedersclub.com/toepunching.htm

 

[Sharon2012]

At nine weeks old one of my lav orpingtons is honking/barking. Do I get to look forward to more of them doing that? And how long before I can completely ID the males and females?