Lavender Orpington Thread

[purplechicken7]

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I've only seen lav orps with the standard dark gray legs & beak.  The white legs & beaks are for the white & buff orps.  Black orps always have the black legs & beaks.  They would look silly otherwise.  Since lavs come from black orps (with the recessive lav genes), they should have the darker legs & beak.  I've seen someone mix buff & lavs as an experiment, and those chicks looked lav with the lighter skin that you mentioned. However they were neither buff nor lav - just sold as pretty barnyard mixes. Although they've been around a while, the lav orps are considered a newer color in America & not yet accepted into the SOP books yet.  

Okay, thank you. I read where someone said that Lav Orps should have white legs, beaks, etc. just like the buffs.

 

[Ms Woo]

I'm new here (have 14 5-mo lavenders) but that first pic screams roo to me. I think I'm seeing the beginning of sickle feathers.

 

[gimmie birdies]

My LO "Lydia" and her little friend "Eartha" but I don't know her breed. She is full grown.

 

[JaeG]

My LO "Lydia" and her little friend "Eartha" but I don't know her breed. She is full grown.

Eartha looks like an Old English Game Bantam. We have four - they are such cute little bantams.

 

[WVduckchick]

Eartha looks like an Old English Game Bantam.  We have four - they are such cute little bantams. 

X2!

 

[Karen2016]

Hi, I have a spare Isabel Lavender lace young rooster ( Keithsorps) I will forward pictures soon. Interested in swap for a Gold Lace Cochin rooster.

 

[ShanandGem]

I've only seen lav orps with the standard dark gray legs & beak.  The white legs & beaks are for the white & buff orps.  Black orps always have the black legs & beaks.  They would look silly otherwise.  Since lavs come from black orps (with the recessive lav genes), they should have the darker legs & beak.  I've seen someone mix buff & lavs as an experiment, and those chicks looked lav with the lighter skin that you mentioned. However they were neither buff nor lav - just sold as pretty barnyard mixes. Although they've been around a while, the lav orps are considered a newer color in America & not yet accepted into the SOP books yet.  

My Lavender Cuckoos have horn colored beaks, white legs and light eyes. It has something to do with the cuckoo coloring though. Honestly, I prefer the dark eyes of the solid Lavenders. They have such beautiful faces.

 

[Faraday40]

Here's my mystery chick:

She was supposed to be a mauve if female & a cuckoo if male. She had kind of a cinnamon chick fluff, but the feathers grew in white. The egg did not come from my flock, but no one can figure out why she has this color. I like the very dark eyes & bluish gray legs I also like her body shape & outgoing personality. She's 8 wks old & I think she's going to be staying here.

 

[WVduckchick]

Here's my mystery chick:

She was supposed to be a mauve if female & a cuckoo if male. She had kind of a cinnamon chick fluff, but the feathers grew in white. The egg did not come from my flock, but no one can figure out why she has this color. I like the very dark eyes & bluish gray legs I also like her body shape & outgoing personality. She's 8 wks old & I think she's going to be staying here.

Ooooh, I like her alot!

Seems like white would be much easier, doesn't it? But with chickens, white is a wild card! Apparently one of the parents had some recessive white somewhere in their background.

ETA - and I'm not really big on white birds, but she's lovely. The dark legs are awesome.

 

[Faraday40]

Ooooh, I like her alot!

Seems like white would be much easier, doesn't it? But with chickens, white is a wild card! Apparently one of the parents had some recessive white somewhere in their background.

ETA - and I'm not really big on white birds, but she's lovely. The dark legs are awesome.

She's a pure english orp but a strange mix of Blue, Splash, Black, Choc, & Cuckoo. I never would have expected a white chick, but neither did anyone else. Perhaps I'll put her with my Lavs to add one more color to see what hatches out. LOL I also do not care for white hens b/c of hawks, but this pullet is so different. It's those big black eyes!