Honeybloomchick
In the Brooder
- Jan 9, 2023
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Hello,
I have an English orphington roo who was sold to me as being “either lavender or Isabel”. His hackles wings and breast are lavender, his tail looks splash to me and he has and lots of yellow/buff coloring through his back and saddle. Is this yellow coloring just leakage, or does this coloring make him an Isabel? I believe one of the other roosters I got with him was a true cuckoo Isabel, but we only have room for one roo around here so I kept the one who I thought was a lavender, to breed with my lavender hens. Now that he is older I’m not so sure what to call his coloring. I’m wondering if he will throw lavender babies if he covers my lavender and bbs hens, or if I will get more reds/crele since he has the leakage.
My flock consists of bbs, lavender, crele, buff and chocolate hens. Some are English variety like my roo and some are the American style. Any insight on what color chicks we might see this spring would be awesome!
I have an English orphington roo who was sold to me as being “either lavender or Isabel”. His hackles wings and breast are lavender, his tail looks splash to me and he has and lots of yellow/buff coloring through his back and saddle. Is this yellow coloring just leakage, or does this coloring make him an Isabel? I believe one of the other roosters I got with him was a true cuckoo Isabel, but we only have room for one roo around here so I kept the one who I thought was a lavender, to breed with my lavender hens. Now that he is older I’m not so sure what to call his coloring. I’m wondering if he will throw lavender babies if he covers my lavender and bbs hens, or if I will get more reds/crele since he has the leakage.
My flock consists of bbs, lavender, crele, buff and chocolate hens. Some are English variety like my roo and some are the American style. Any insight on what color chicks we might see this spring would be awesome!