Lavender Orpington Thread

[Coupe]

Hi, I am new here but have eggs due to hatch this saterday.... lock down is today e  there were 13 eggs total...  lavender orps and BLRW eggs ... the eggs were not labeled so I wont know how many of either breed until hach day.... SOOOO EXCITING

Congrats on the eggs!!! You have to keep us updated! And of couse pics when they hatch!

 

[OrpieLover31]

Hi, I am new here but have eggs due to hatch this saterday.... lock down is today

there were 13 eggs total... lavender orps and BLRW eggs ... the eggs were not labeled so I wont know how many of either breed until hach day.... SOOOO EXCITING

Congrats! Keep us updated! I would love to see some pics when they hatch!

 

[annabell254]

will do!!!!!

 

[OrpieLover31]

Yay!

 

[Coupe]

I would really like my Lavs to start laying!!!

 

[OrpieLover31]

I want all of my Lavenders to start laying!

 

[flgardengirl]

The person that I got them from said her speckled sussex got in the pen that the Black Orpingtons were in... she was not concerned about it because she thought that the hen was to old to lay... well she was wrong! She took a look at her Black Orpington chicks again and she noticed that all of the chicks were looking like mine! Here are what my chicks look like... Take a look for yourself...








Do they look like mixes to you? This is actually only pictures of the one chick... Im showing you these ones because he has a lot of white dots on him! The other only has a few and they are kinda brown... maybe its because hers are dirty...

I can't tell if that is mottling or not. Maybe post the pics on the orpington thread for people to see. Mottling usually occurs at the tip of each feather (the rounded end part) but can vary a lot.
If her SS got into the pen, one of the other chickens would also have to have the mottling gene for it to truly be mottled from what I understand, it is recessive so both parents would need to carry a copy. Some of the mottled American Orpingtons were created by crossing Speckled Sussex x Black or Lav Orps but i believe it takes more than one generation to get it right. I don't know how the imported Orps got the mottling gene into them: if it was created by another breed or always present....
If this chick was mottled it still would be a 'project' for you and take some time to get them correct.

Here is a good link for mottled gene in orpingtons (this refers to the british orps)
http://www.keiths-orps.co.uk/categories/large-fowl/spangled/the-mottling-gene.html

 

[flgardengirl]

Here are our baby lavenders. They are 5 weeks old & sweet little things!

Cute baby LAVS!!!!!

 

[OrpieLover31]

It kinda looks like he has some lacing... I do not think he is a mottled... Bummer

 

[LOVEMYCHICKS03]

Quincy is the one in the front, George is the one in the corner with his head poking out!

This is Lexi

ELLA! She is so small in comparison to the other! But she is still VERY cute!

This is Lyla! She has very goofy tail feathers, but they are starting to fill in like a hens...so thats a good sign, Right?

This is Ava. She is the most fluffy, so I'm guessing she she carries the best Orpington genes if that makes any sense.



This is a close up on Lyla I think but it could be Lexi! We got Lexi and Lyla in Tacoma, and the others from Seattle!

I believe these guys are Ava and Quincy but Ava is commonly mistaken as Ella! But once again they BOTH like to hang out with the lead rooster

This is for sure Quincy! George is a bit smaller, and at the time this picture was taken he was off fighting with Ava for a worm that she found

!!!! So now you know who's who! ( Giggles )

how can you tell them apart when there young I know there older now but when they were young whas it easy for you?