The only reason I thought it could be the lavender orphingtons is bc there were for sure 2 RIR eggs that hatched and none of the other chicks look anything like this one.
Lavender Orps should give you all black chicks because of how the lavender gene works.
So your saying that these two could make an all black chick? We also hatched 3 all black ones, but we have a black sex link hen so I assumed they were hers.
Thanks for the information! That's really good news. I really hope you're right about the gender too bc this one is my favorite.Lavender is a recessive "dilute" of black, meaning if a hen has two copies of the gene, she'll show the lavender gene and be lavender. If she has one copy of it, she'll be what's called "black split to lavender," meaning she looks black but carries the gene for lavender. Your lavender hen's offspring will have one copy of the lavender gene, so they'll look either black or mostly black.
Basically, the lavender's genes will act really similar to the black sex link's genes, if I'm correct. I'll ask @Amer or @NatJ to confirm
CorrectLavender is a recessive "dilute" of black, meaning if a hen has two copies of the gene, she'll show the lavender gene and be lavender. If she has one copy of it, she'll be what's called "black split to lavender," meaning she looks black but carries the gene for lavender. Your lavender hen's offspring will have one copy of the lavender gene, so they'll look either black or mostly black.
Basically, the lavender's genes will act really similar to the black sex link's genes, if I'm correct. I'll ask @Amer or @NatJ to confirm
It's quite a bit bigger than the others, but like I said, they're all pretty much from different hens. There's 2 RIR babies in there for sure, but this is the only one with any red at all so far. I'm a major newbie, so can you elaborate on "male vibes"? Thanks so much for the input.
