3 week Old Lavender Orpington Sex?

[Beckychicks]

Hey friends!

I have two 3 week old Lavender Orpington chicks and 1 black surprise chick. They were all supposed to be lavenders but somehow this guy/gal hatched!

Anyways. I’m looking for some opinions of if they are cockerels or pullets. When I wing sexed at day old they all looked pullet but I know that’s not always reliable.

Thanks in advance!

 

[nuthatched]

Too early to say yet.

 

[Beckychicks]

Too early to say yet.

Do you have any idea how a black chick showed up from lavender eggs? Im still trying to figure that one out lol!

 

[Jennyhen890]

Do you have any idea how a black chick showed up from lavender eggs? Im still trying to figure that one out lol!

I am very new to this and chicken genetics is big to get your head around Well, for me it is buttt from my understanding so far if a Lavender Orpington is crossed with a different colour Orpington it is likely to produce black chicks but the chick will carry the Lavender colour. There are a few posts on BYC about the different colour variations of Orpington’s from cross colours. I will find this out for sure next year when I start to breed mine
With regards to gender, it is too early to really tell but my guess would be the two lavender are pullets and black I’d say pullet but not sure. I have some approx 4 weeks and some have much thicker legs and their wattles and combs are already getting big and red. Will add some pic’s tomorrow. Jen

 

[bantamsumatras]

I have a Splash English Orpington chick that’s parents are both black and chocolate but here she is l!!! You can see her siblings with the parentage!! It’s all a guessing game with these color variations!!

 

[IsaChicks]

I have a Splash English Orpington chick that’s parents are both black and chocolate but here she is l!!! You can see her siblings with the parentage!! It’s all a guessing game with these color variations!!View attachment 3936640View attachment 3936641View attachment 3936643View attachment 3936644

Aww how old was she at the time these pictures were taken?

 

[paintedChix]

Do you have any idea how a black chick showed up from lavender eggs? Im still trying to figure that one out lol!

If you have a Lavender, it carries 2 Lavender genes.

Pure Lavender also carry "shredder" genes. To help eradicate that & improve Lavenders overall, they are usually crossed w/ high quality blacks. ALL chicks from this cross are called a "split" & has 1 Lavender & 1 Black gene. ALL chicks will be black.

Looks like the original breeder may have had a "split" in the breeding pens. Could have been from rooster or hen.



Edit to add - i do not know how other colors work w/ Lavenders. I did a lot of research at one time (most notes lost in our 2nd computer crash, before we had external hard drives). The breeders I spoke with used only Blacks for imprLavender.

I had Lavender Ameraucana & Lavender Orpingtons. I also had BBS Ameraucana- LOVE Blue & Splash colors. The blue gene is different than lavender.

 

[Sparrows]

too early to tell just yet, but they are so cute