The BANTAM ORPINGTON Thread

[Faraday40]

Awwww. Paloma looks good.

Cookie's eggs hatched & she's a happy mama of 6.

 

[jeremy]

3 in a row... Thelma adopted some LF Buff Orp chicks recently because she refused to quit brooding...

 

[Faraday40]

Does anyone have pics of a mauve orp as it feathers in? I'd like to compare their baby feathers to mine.

I hatched some LF orp eggs from a friend. They should be solid mauve if female & cuckoo (barred) if male. My problem is the wing feathers coming in look white to me. (Neither mauve nor barred.)
They are English LF orps.

Chick 1 is lighter in color



Chick 2 is darker in color




Chick 3 came out yellow (very slight gray hue in face) Could be an "Oppps" or a very light mauve

 

[Honora]

Does anyone have pics of a mauve orp as it feathers in? I'd like to compare their baby feathers to mine. I hatched some LF orp eggs from a friend. They should be solid mauve if female & cuckoo (barred) if male. My problem is the wing feathers coming in look white to me. (Neither mauve nor barred.) They are English LF orps. Chick 1 is lighter in color [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] Chick 2 is darker in color Chick 3 came out yellow (very slight gray hue in face) Could be an "Oppps" or a very light mauve

Barred chicks should hatch with a white spot on the head. So chick 2 looks to be male, chick 1 looks to be female. Not sure about the yellow one but I don't see a white spot on the head anyway, so not barred.

 

[Honora]

Barred chicks should hatch with a white spot on the head. So chick 2 looks to be male, chick 1 looks to be female. Not sure about the yellow one but I don't see a white spot on the head anyway, so not barred.

zActually I can't see the yellow one's head too well, does it have a white spot?

 

[WVduckchick]

I just hatched 11 of these adorable babies! Chocolate, mauve, splash, and barred. Marking my place so I can go back thru pics and info!

 

[WVduckchick]

Can someone please help me out with colors. I'm not colorblind, I just don't know what colors these are called.
Splash, mauve, mauve splash are all possibilities

The lightest one in the first pic, and both in the second pic, are the ones I would like help with.
(The chocolate and the black are pretty easy LOL...)

 

[Faraday40]

Can someone please help me out with colors. I'm not colorblind, I just don't know what colors these are called.
Splash, mauve, mauve splash are all possibilities

I would guess they are mauve.

 

[WVduckchick]

I would guess they are mauve.

They are all 3 slightly different. The lightest one is quite a bit lighter than the other 2, so I thought maybe I might have a splash.

But thanks!

 

[Faraday40]

I am guessing I may have some sort of mauve splash.
Mine have white wing feathers growing in. Even my darkest is lighter than yours. See above post #1972. The lightest looked like a yellow peep.

Like you, my choc & blacks were much easier to determine. The good news is that their feathers will start growing by the end of their 1st week, so you won't have long to wait. Gender on the other hand....... That one can feel like forever waiting for an answer!