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I don't think iv ever shown you guys my chickens (my Bantam was behind me so I could get her in the shot)
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Mylied said:
I was questioning her since I called the Avian Influenza hotline on the GA Dept of Ag website to get my info, but I thought I'd pass on what she said anyway.
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It is crazy how many stories are going around about who said what and so on. haha It doesn't help when even the Georgia Ag Dept is apparently not consistent on what they are telling callers.
 
Lady Who said:
The shop keeper told me a lavender orpington but she lays vary dark eggs so I don't think she is
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Yup, she's a lavender orp. She has beautiful deep coloring. Very stunning!

Although orpingtons are known for laying light-brown eggs, there can be shade variation. You just have a hen who lays 'em dark.

It's kind of like it is with the Marans. Everyone wants hens that lay those deep, dark chocolate eggs, but many times the eggs they lay are lighter than that.
 
brucifer said:
Yup, she's a lavender orp. She has beautiful deep coloring. Very stunning!

Although orpingtons are known for laying light-brown eggs, there can be shade variation. You just have a hen who lays 'em dark.

It's kind of like it is with the Marans. Everyone wants hens that lay those deep, dark chocolate eggs, but many times the eggs they lay are lighter than that.
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Well that seals that I'm going to hatch some later this year yep I have some buffs and love them they will be a good addition to my flock !!!
 
brucifer said:
Yup, she's a lavender orp. She has beautiful deep coloring. Very stunning!

Although orpingtons are known for laying light-brown eggs, there can be shade variation. You just have a hen who lays 'em dark.

It's kind of like it is with the Marans. Everyone wants hens that lay those deep, dark chocolate eggs, but many times the eggs they lay are lighter than that.
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It has been making me crazy ... when I started with Marans I had birds that consistently lay eggs at the top end of the color chart. It spoiled me because now when I see ads/listings for "dark eggs" it drives me nuts how NOT dark they are.
 
I just put a broody AM on 6 welsummer eggs. The rooster in this coop is the Splash AM. The crosses from them I hatched last fall are some of what the dog killed last week, so there went my dark green OEs I wanted. So she's been 'growling' at me the last few days when I'd go to gather the eggs, so today I put her in a milk crate full of straw with 6 eggs, which I may add 2 more to this evening.

We'll see if she'll sit on them, being that she's in sight but separated from the others. Last fall, she wouldn't stay on them the first day at all, and wound up scratching the hay aside and had them on the bare floor, which then meant a couple got cracked and didn't make it. This time, I put her in a milk crate full of hay. We'll see how this works. I plan on just leaving her in with the chicks, and maybe with her to protect them, I'll just open it back up after they're hatched and let them all integrate. Will be the first time I've done it that way, no brooder in the kitchen this year, LOL
 

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