Why You Need A Lavender Orpington And How To Breed One
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Today we are going to be talking about the Lavender Chicken and everything you need to know about that breed:
-Appearance
-History
-Egg Laying Capability
-Lifespan
-Temperament and more!
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Article on Blue Lacked Red Wyandotte Chicken and For Learning How To Get Blue Lacing
(scroll down to the section called "blue" where we talk about how to breed your chicken to increase chances of getting the blue color variety): www.thehappych...
My LO thinks people exist to give her pets and a comfy lap to sit on. She is truly the sweetest thing.
Mine too.
I've
Buff Orpington
Lavender Orpington
Jubilee Orpington
Black Orpington
Chocolate Orpington
Splash Orpington
Blue Orpington
Golden laced Orpington
Silver Laced Orpington
Molted Orpington
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How cool....
That's a flock of Orps!! Lol
I have a flock of Lavender Orpington, love them they average 5 eggs per week and laid all winter without additional lights. They're prone to sour crops but very docile, my rooster is awesome with the ladies and people. ❤
Oh no! Hate when they're prone to sour crop. I had four Black splash Wyondottes (I think that's the breed). All, but one, had sour crop. Lost them all save one. She's still around, and she's named "Chiquita". Such a cutie. I may just keep her until her time is naturally up.
@@marialeach8960 yes we lost 4 since my comment 😢, I now feed them cooked rutabaga every day, suppose to have anti fungus properties, also keep the grass shorter and tuned out my issue was mouldy hay. Hope your Chikita will be happy and well, she's not alone is she?
@@mistymounthomestead8594 Oh no, she's not alone. Currently, I have 22 adult hens (including Chiquita), and 15, one month old chicks.
So sorry to hear you lost some more to sour crop. 😞
The self-blue gene also brings in the ragged-type feathering. I used this gene for a few years in a breed I was creating and eventually dropped the entire line because of the bad feathering. If you look closely at the pictures in this video you will see how the feather barbs do not interlock well like a normal chicken. You might get one or two out of 50 that are not too bad, but you will have a lot that are just plain bad looking. The color combinations can be stunning, but the feathers are a deal breaker. I never completely identified if there was linkage causing it or if the blue alleles simply had this affect as part of what they do.
Our Orpington is a Buff, named Sierra, and she’s our alpha hen. We don’t have a rooster, so she reigns above all the other chickens in the flock. We’ve had her since she was just a few days old, and she turned four years old in late March. She is quite smart and friendly, but one thing I have experienced with Orpingtons, personally, that contradicts what most people say about them is that the ones I have been around are NOISY😅! I have multiple friends who have them, and all of them are quite vocal ladies. Sierra is very vocal as well, but I’ve always attributed part of that to her status as alpha hen. She was the first chicken we ever got (along with a Silkie who ended up being a rooster we had to rehome, so my mom and brother surprised me with a Silkie hen I named Sara who is our oldest hen who’s just 2 months older than Sierra, and they’ve been best friends ever since; they’re our two “grumpy old ladies”😂). I love the Orpington breed, and would love to have one of these lavender beauties one day!
Does she make a crowing noise? I really think I have a female but she just started making a noise yesterday similar to growing. So maybe she is a boy? Or maybe she is being noisy and alpha?
@@goaskalley2507 a hen crowing is technically quite rare, but not unheard of. I suppose it depends on the breed and age of the chicken. Check the comb of the chicken, look for saddle feathers that fall down like a “waterfall” (that’s what they normally call them), and any signs of spurs (technically some hens can have spurs, but it is also rare). If your chicken is young, it might be a cockerel who is startling to find his voice. What they will do when they’re young is begin to try to crow, and it sounds kind of funny, and then they develop stronger vocal muscles and that allows them to crow like a rooster. If you love where a rooster is allowed, and if he isn’t overly aggressive with the other chickens or people, then I would keep him because a good rooster is worth his weight in gold.
@@goaskalley2507 and no, Sierra doesn’t crow or attempt to, and she is 4 years old now. She is very loud and vocal, but I refer to that as her “singing” because she just likes to get people’s attention when she wants something like treats or to be petted. If your chicken that you think might be a rooster is an Orpington, then you should have an easier time sexing it because the sexual dimorphism between males and females arrives quite early with the Orpington breed.
Hello all! I figured out by the end of yesterday by tail feathers (and the crow he is working on) that he is a rooster. We aren’t supposed to have a rooster in city limits but my town is rural so I’m gonna push the limits and wait for a warning. He is my little bestie- I had him alone as a baby. Then got two more chicks to be his friend but they both got sick and died last month so now he is solo again. I think he thinks I’m his lady. But this weekend I’m gonna go get him a girl. Darn I just realized if I go get a female from the friend I got him from then they could be siblings and that’s not good is it.
@@goaskalley2507 no, it wouldn’t be good to get a hen from the same place due to the risk of any familial relationships they might have. Even if they aren’t siblings, they could be cousins, aunt/nephew, uncle/niece, or any other relations. I’d recommend finding him some hens from elsewhere, most preferably of the same breed as him, unless he is a mutt; if he is a mutt (mixed breed/hybrid), then try to get hens of one of his breeds (if you know what breeds he is). For instance, if he was a Rhode Island Red-Silver Laced Wyandotte cross, I’d get hens of either breed, but not really a mix of each because the Reds are notoriously dominant over most other breeds, just an example though since I don’t know what he is😅.
How do I find lavender orpington that are definitely female all the hatcheries that I have found only sell lavender orpingtons as straight run and they cost so much I can't afford to take the risk of getting all roosters
I have learned that LO are hard to sex and that is probably why. I did buy sexed from Meyer hatchery. Not cheap!
CD’s, scarecrows,kites, black chickens, roosters. Nothing stopped the hawks I had from wiping out my minorcas and Easter eggers. My jersey giants did ok but too hot in SWFL for them. Building 7:20 a new run under my guava trees to eliminate open space hawks can swoop in. I spent tons on 1000’ of premier one fence. These hawks are next level.
Just slip day old chicks under a broody Orpington mine has raised 4 barred rock!! Lovely momma
My lavender orpington's name is princess Diana and she holds very true to it. She's very prim and proper but also very sweet. She's the nurse bird of my flock. If anybody has a need to be quarantine she always wants to go with them and she cares for my rooster's calm keeping it clean for him very sweet bird
Spring 2023 I picked out 3 chicks store only offered Lav. Orpington,Blue Cuckoo Marans and Easter Eggers. I took 1 of each (they were already day old tank mates). Now they are soon 30 weeks. My Lavender is "Blanche" who comes running at me the minute I come out to care or play. She looks like she has petty pants on lol. She was the most timid of the 3, but really grew into herself. It is almost as if my 3 share the top pecking order anyway. It is hilarious to watch my first chicks blossom. She laid eggs at standard time and up until it dropped below freezing here in Southern N.M., Rockies the past few weeks. She is a sweetie! Tee
I have a LavvyRoo. Hens are buff Orpington and Australorps. Have 28 eggs in the incubator...
I would LOVE to see what color those babies turned out to be!
I love the look of this breed, hoping to add one to my flock one day as a complementary breed to my buff orpington.
Had a lavender Orpington rooster. He’s in the freezer not. He was not nice despite all the love we tried to give him. Hens are great but they tend to look and stay dirty looking on some of their feathers. My fav is still the buff Orpington
My LO rooster is headed to freezer camp. He's only getting meaner. 😢
@@reneefitzgerald1120 Sorry to hear that. It’s not an easy decision, I know. We love em but those mean ones serve the homestead better in the freezer than you or a loved one having to be treated for a wound it caused.
@@reneefitzgerald1120 how he doing?
I got two of these in addition to the welsummers. You're just hitting these out of the park for me right now! Lol
Going to get some lavender pullets today hopefully fit in with my flock!
I can't understand why is not recognized as breed
because the lavender colour isn't a bright lavender but more a diluted lavender colour
I’m starting out with your everyday Buff Orpingtons but if they do well in my climate I’ll definitely add these to my someday flock list
My little flock is all buff Orpingtons. I live in Tennessee and they have did marvelous. Honestly I plan to specialize on them I like them so much.
I have a blue or lavender chicken that I bought as a mixed flock. There were 2 Rhode Island Red roosters, 1 Rhode Island Red hen, 2 black Australorp hens and the blue hen. I incubated the eggs and got some blue chicks which is strange because the roosters are mahogany Rhode Island Red. I also got a totally white chick. Very interesting.
I have some lavender orpingtons I hatched and I am having a hard time sexing them. They hatched april 10th.
I would like a free ebook to learn more about raising chickens. I am doing research before I get chickens
Can the Lavendar Orpington get along with Silkies
The color got me I saw one a couple weeks ago that was literally lavender someone said I thought that maybe it was a lace I couldn't get it but I bought me four LOs the other day the little one didn't make it but the other three look good yet
I met one for the first time today! Gorgeous bird
It really is!
Love the lavenders 😊
Just got a rooster from farm and fleet. He’s beautiful
I’m planning on doing Orpingtons as my first chicken. Might have to try lavender. I want blue orpingtons
My Blanche looks Gray....But,I pretend it's Lavender.
Beautiful birds!
I love my lavenders
Do you sale them
My lavender Orpingtons are very sweet. They have no fear but can learn to be. They brooded with two road reds. They all hang together and no problems. One road red became a roo. He's super nice and sweet and loves to be with me. My jersey giant roosters are kind to them as well but my black Australorps are not nice and chase them. My Australorp rooster is nice to them though
guard goose lol
How can I tell if my 7 week old lavender orpingtons are male or females?
My dream chicken😢 but cant find one in ph
Recommend these videos at .5 speed
Sorry! My videos if I talked normal pace I imagine would be 15-20min long. I feel that would deter people from watching if it was a 20min video about a chicken breed lol. All people really care about is how much eggs can they produce, what color and what breeds are good for meat
@@thehappychickencoop6460 I care about their views on social issues too. What do your lavender orpingtons think about the current state of our country? How do they feel about Popeyes and KFC?
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Nope! Don’t want these. If I had one chicken this would not be it!