Lavender Orpington Thread

[gallito1982]

thanks for your response, the chick with the biggest combo which is the one that it suppost to be the Roo is a week younger than the one with the smallest combo, the one with the big combo has little to none tail at this point, the hen has a long tail, not sure if that helps

I only hatched lavender orpingtons once, but hatched 16 and sexed them by tail feathers with 100% accuracy.  A week age difference at this point can make a difference in tail size.  The comb on the latter is much bigger, so I would say without seeing their tails your guess is probably accurate.

 

[dutchbunny83]

Yes sounds like the older is a girl and the younger is your roo.
I need to get rid of my roo before he starts crowing, they're already 19 weeks!
WAY too pretty for freezer camp, but I may not have a choice if no one wants them. Trying to sell them as a pair one boy, one girl.

 

[gallito1982]

would be nice to see some pics of that roo i think im going to grab 3 more chicks would you recommend me to check for the tails to sex them? Im not sure the age of the chicks that the guy has available but i dwant hens no more roos in my place allowed

Yes sounds like the older is a girl and the younger is your roo.
I need to get rid of my roo before he starts crowing, they're already 19 weeks!
WAY too pretty for freezer camp, but I may not have a choice if no one wants them.  Trying to sell them as a pair one boy, one girl.

 

[gallito1982]

Can anybody tell me how to sex them when theyre around 1 week or 2? Or some tips? Im going to pick a few tomorrow and i would like some advices

 

[alibra]

Can anybody tell me how to sex them when theyre around 1 week or 2? Or some tips? Im going to pick a few tomorrow and i would like some advices

Look up "wing feather sexing"

 

[gallito1982]

one row Roo, 2 roows hen?

Look up "wing feather sexing"

 

[gallito1982]

Does it work the tail size at this age? The long tail is a hen? Heres a pic of the chicks, they were suppost be one week old a few days ago
Theyre blacks, blue and lavender in the pics

 

[alibra]

I guess it's worth a shot... Check combs too

 

[Morgan Jones]

Look up "wing feather sexing"

Wing feather sexing only really works reliably on crosses where the male has the sex linked rapid feathering gene k+ & the female has the sex linked slower feathering gene K. Some sex links are made using this gene such as white leghorn male & RIR female. Rate of feather growth is another gene on the Z sex chromosome used for making sex links.
Tail feather is more likely to work in your case. Your birds all ought to be K. The tail tends to grow faster on K pullets becausethe males have two K genes, slowing the rate of feather growth; the pullets have only one & feather up a tad faster. Also the feathers on the back of K/K males tend to feather up a bit slower than the pullets.

 

[flgardengirl]

Feather sexing hasn't worked for me on most my breeds. It only seems to work for my lavender and chocolate orps so they must have the right gene combos. With my buff and white orps, it doesn't work.