Vivid Hatchery
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Lavender Orpingtons have a gene that is different than the blue gene. These have the lavender gene, which dilutes the black of the orpington into a washed out lighter color. If it is in the right lighting, they can appear to have a lavender or lilac colored hue It Is a very beautiful, friendly, curious, non-flighty and dual purpose breed, which means they lay a bunch of light brown eggs and get fairly large, six to eight pounds for a hen, 8-12 pounds for a rooster.
Our breeders have been selected to be to type according to the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection. They are to the type of Orpington, but to the coloration of "self-blue" or lavender as it is commonly called. In England SOP the color variety is called pearl-gray. The lavender orpington can compete in shows as an AOV (All other variety) until the breed is accepted by the APA, which is what me and a handful of people are working towards accomplishing together. The breed is under the SOP English classification.
We at Vivid Hatchery, are proud of our birds, but know not to grow complacent. We have a solid type, size, proper amount of feather of fluff, beak color, and leg color. There are some minor things we are working towards such as a more even color distribution on a feather level, and over the entire body. You may have to look extremely closely to recognize what we see, but when you stop moving forward you move backwards. We are working towards a stronger vigor, even though they are already hardy and very cold hardy.
These chicks have been vaccinated for Marek's disease. One in ten chickens is paralyzed or killed by Marek's over the course of their lifetime if not vaccinated within the first 24 hours of life. We are also a licenced NPIP facility, so we keep updated and keep away the really bad communicable diseases. Because of that we do not allow people to visit the facility for risk of them carrying those nasty bugs and us loosing our certification to ship birds all over the country.
Each bird is $20 each + $50 to ship, otherwise free shipping on orders over $200. We can combine shipping with any of the breeds below, but the minimum quantity to buy is four. I have a ton more pictures but am having technical difficulties uploading them. More can be found on the facebook page and website listed below.
We also sell AYAM CEMANI, DOUBLE SILVER LACED BARNEVELDERS, ISABEL ORPINGTONS, and the endangered SWEDISH ORUST. So please check out our page facebook.com/vividhatchery or our web page vividhatchery.com
Lavender Orpingtons have a gene that is different than the blue gene. These have the lavender gene, which dilutes the black of the orpington into a washed out lighter color. If it is in the right lighting, they can appear to have a lavender or lilac colored hue It Is a very beautiful, friendly, curious, non-flighty and dual purpose breed, which means they lay a bunch of light brown eggs and get fairly large, six to eight pounds for a hen, 8-12 pounds for a rooster.
Our breeders have been selected to be to type according to the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection. They are to the type of Orpington, but to the coloration of "self-blue" or lavender as it is commonly called. In England SOP the color variety is called pearl-gray. The lavender orpington can compete in shows as an AOV (All other variety) until the breed is accepted by the APA, which is what me and a handful of people are working towards accomplishing together. The breed is under the SOP English classification.
We at Vivid Hatchery, are proud of our birds, but know not to grow complacent. We have a solid type, size, proper amount of feather of fluff, beak color, and leg color. There are some minor things we are working towards such as a more even color distribution on a feather level, and over the entire body. You may have to look extremely closely to recognize what we see, but when you stop moving forward you move backwards. We are working towards a stronger vigor, even though they are already hardy and very cold hardy.
These chicks have been vaccinated for Marek's disease. One in ten chickens is paralyzed or killed by Marek's over the course of their lifetime if not vaccinated within the first 24 hours of life. We are also a licenced NPIP facility, so we keep updated and keep away the really bad communicable diseases. Because of that we do not allow people to visit the facility for risk of them carrying those nasty bugs and us loosing our certification to ship birds all over the country.
Each bird is $20 each + $50 to ship, otherwise free shipping on orders over $200. We can combine shipping with any of the breeds below, but the minimum quantity to buy is four. I have a ton more pictures but am having technical difficulties uploading them. More can be found on the facebook page and website listed below.
We also sell AYAM CEMANI, DOUBLE SILVER LACED BARNEVELDERS, ISABEL ORPINGTONS, and the endangered SWEDISH ORUST. So please check out our page facebook.com/vividhatchery or our web page vividhatchery.com
