My breeder crosses to black as well, to control for this. Actually she warned me that some of the eggs I got were from a lav x split pairing, so I might get some blacks as well. I guess we'll see what the remaining chick grows up to look like...
Now I have to know what that is! Is it a breed? All I can find in google is the flower :lol:
I already feed 20% protein (Purina Flock Raiser) as a baseline, switching to starter won't change anything because that's 20% as well. Should I go higher? I worry that anything higher would be too...
No, that’s not wet, they all look like that all the time. The run is mostly covered, and we’re in a drought anyway, so I don’t think these chicks have ever been rained on. It will be more than a year before they have a good molt - they are only 2 months old, and their adult feathers are still...
I hatched some Lavender Orpingtons for the first time this year (English). I know their reputation... but color availability was limited at the time and they only had lavenders, so I thought I'd give them a chance. They came from a good local breeder. 6 hatched and are 9 weeks old now. Looking...