My Lovely Lavenders!

[pennyJo1960]

I WANT SOME SO BAD!

road trip I am in Mossyrock 98564 I have 9 but will be taking cockerels I thing they are 4 to auction

 

[The Angry Hen]

What beautiful birds! I always wanted some Lavender's for breeding stock. Oh, I will be amazed to see the red rock crossed to Sinbad (great name by the way!) Please fill us in how it goes! Beautiful birds you have there.

 

[LadyRed76]

Beautiful!!
I LOVE the Lavenders!
Alas...I can't have anymore chickens.
I'd fill my Yard with Roosters if I could!

 

[Windus]

Would you consider selling some fertile eggs in the spring? Your birds made my day!

Yes, that is my plan. I will put the lavenders in a coop by themselves next spring to be sure to get pure eggs. This batch now is a test batch but Sinbad seems to be very fertile, I think I put 21 eggs in the incubator and only 2 were infertile.

 

[Windus]

I think those are very pretty! I was looking into them myself
Did you enter them for the calendar? They are great pics!

Kind of new here so I don't know anything about a calendar contest. I just took those pics last night. My birds are really attentive anytime the mealworm bag comes out!

 

[Jacquie Button]

Good luck on your hatching. Nothing cuter than baby chicks...well maybe piglets

 

[Windus]

They are beautiful!! I do have a quick question if you don't mind...I have 5 lavender orpingtons that are about 3.5 months old (will be 14 weeks on Monday). What age could you really start to tell whether they were pullets or cockerels? I think I have 1 cockerel for sure, but I change my mind daily on the other 4.

I think he was probably 5-6 months old before I could tell for sure. He started getting the silky feathers around his neck was the first clue. Most of my hens have almost no comb, Chica has a pretty pronounced one so in the beginning I was not sure if she was a cockerel or hen. I actually had 2 cockerels to start with but one was a predator loss at about 7 months old.

 

[Tellie29]

I think he was probably 5-6 months old before I could tell for sure. He started getting the silky feathers around his neck was the first clue. Most of my hens have almost no comb, Chica has a pretty pronounced one so in the beginning I was not sure if she was a cockerel or hen. I actually had 2 cockerels to start with but one was a predator loss at about 7 months old.

Thanks for the info. Guess I will just continue waiting. I am allowed to have roosters where I live, but If I end up with more than 2 I will need to rehome some since I only have 17 hens/pullets (not counting the lavenders).

 

[Windus]

They reminded me of my sweet Lavendula that I had to euthanize about a month ago. The poor girl had a knee injury that was not fixable.

Sorry to hear that, I have lots of birds in my flock that don't have names but the special ones that I do name are always hard to lose!

 

[Windus]

Oh, I will be amazed to see the red rock crossed to Sinbad (great name by the way!)

I don't know why I typed in Red Rock, they are Rhode Island Reds!