Hello first time poster here! I’m a new chicken owner and am unsure if we have a rooster. 7 week old lavender Orpington (on right in picture). Slightly heavier and larger, redder comb and displays dominant behavior vs other Orpington and 2 Easter Eggers. Any help is appreciated!
So I’m buying some lavender cuckoo English Orpington hatching eggs, I’m very excited about it. However at the moment I only have a muave rooster. I understand the colors would most likely be split. But I was wondering what colors to expect from muave over lavender cuckoos? Also have a silver...
Hello! Not new to chicken raising in general (variety of mutts at former workplace) but finally new to having my own chickens at home! I acquired 2 welsummers, 2 brown leghorns (I'll not know the difference between those four until their earlobes change), and 2 buff orpingtons from a local feed...
So I have a collection of Orpington chicks in the “2 week to a smidge younger” age range, (2 lavenders, 3 Mauves and a blue) and I’ve noticed on some of them the wing weathers seem to… lift/fluff in a non smooth way. This is my first ever flock and while I’m familiar with chickens in general...
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I'm new to chickens! I'm currently planning to get 4 chickens in early April. I'm in the process of building a coop+run now.
What breeds will I have?
Golden Laced Wyandotte - Female × 1
Buff Orpington - Female × 1
French...
I had 1 adult speckled Sussex rooster, 1 adult speckled Sussex hen, 1 adult sapphire gem hen, 1 adult buff orpington, 1 adult sapphire gem / speckled Sussex cross, 1 adult orpington / Sussex cross, and 6 nearly fully grown wyadottes bullets. They free ranged in my yard and get put up at night...
What breed is good to cross to silkies to introduce specific colors? I’m considering crossing my lavender Orpington girls to my black silkie or paint silkie roo to work towards producing a line of lavender silkies. I know it would take time and work but that’s the fun part! I also thought about...
Are you buying / hatching chicks next year ( 2024 )? I’m getting salmon favorelles, Cochin, Orpingtons, and blue red laced wyandotte.
What are you getting?
I am new to this site so I will do my best. I was excited to get a lavender roo and in isabel lavender orpington hen Thinking I will get a lot more if I bred them together , After reading some previous threads about genetics, I know. I will need more than five minutes to grasp Everything. I'm...
Hi, I suspect I already know but looking for reassurance before I rehome or otherwise as cannot keep roos. All 6 weeks in photos
Hens or roos please - I think 4 roos and 1 maybe pullet
My guesses
Buff sussex - roo (guessed by day 2!)
mauve orpington - roo
Splash mauve orpington (blk/white...
My two-year-old lavender Orpington hen, Crystal, has been acting odd since yesterday. She seems to be about a normal weight.
She is acting lethargic, and has been since yesterday. She is walking slowly, and she kept closing her eyes yesterday, like she was falling asleep. She has also been...
Five beautiful, healthy and friendly chickens looking for a new home. We are moving and sadly can't take our girls. We have 2 grey Orpingtons, 1 black Orpington, 1 light Brahma and 1 partridge Cochin. They were all born in April of last year and are the sweetest things! They will eat from your...
Hello,
Thank you in advance to anyone who can assist. I am new to chicken keeping. I ordered seven baby chicks from MPC. They are 6.5 weeks old currently. I ordered six girls and one boy. However, I have my suspicions that some of my bullets are actually roos.
I have an assortment of breeds.
1...
Hi, I have a broody hen in a mixed orpington pen and curiosity.
This is the first year we have had any roosters, so this is the first time they could hatch chicks! The babies will either be used for meat or kept for eggs - so the coloring is not especially important to us. We are very excited...
I have four beautiful buff Orpingtons.
I'm going to get hatching eggs because I want an Orp male but I don't understand how the colours work. My option for egg colours are:
Splash
Blue
Black
Gold Laced
Silver Laced
Jubilee
Is anyone able to tell me what colours would be produced with these...
I’m interested in adding a black pullet chick to my flock with our next round of raising chicks. We live in a neighborhood, on about a half acre, and thankfully, our neighbors are for the most part cool with it, but I want to make sure we’re looking at quieter breeds. We are of course going to...