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12+ project lavender orpington australorp hatching eggs
12+ PROJECT LAVENDER Orpington Australorp Hatching Eggs
*12+ FUN LAVENDER PROJECT EGGS**
*My flocks have been tested (negative)- waiting on my NPIP Certification #
Eggs are great colors of light browns, creams, and some look real pinkish. Ive been getting some pinkish with lavender spots........... Have no more room in my bator.
Since my Black Orpingtons are not laying age just yet, I thought I would put my fabulous Hinkjc Lavender Orpington Roo (Andy) in with my Black Australorps, since they are so similar anyway (not really even sure of the difference between "australorps and black orps" that I've seen?? Keeping my "good quality Orp pullets" that I hatched and australorps seperate....) Just a fun project for Lavender genes and I have included some info about Australorps at the bottom of this description.
I love the Lorps. Great disposition, SUPER GREAT layers. Infact when I first got my hens, they didn't need a bit of time to adjust to new surroundings. HIT THE NESTS LAYING. The Orps are fabulous as well. The Roo is a pleasure to be around, young and doing his job well.
I keep all my stock seperated to insure no inbreeding. No antibiotics or yucky stuff. No people food. HAPPY AND HEALTHY
The Australorp is an Australianchicken breed. It is a large, soft-feathered bird with glossy black feathers and a lustrous green sheen. It is hardy, docile and a good egg-layer as well as meat bird. The bird's single comb is moderately large and upright, with five distinct points.
The original stock used in the development of the Australorp was imported to Australia from England out of the Black Orpington yards of William Cook and Joseph Partington in the period from 1890 to the early 1900s with Rhode Island Red. Local breeders used this stock together with judicious out-crossings of Minorca, White Leghorn and Langshan blood to improve the utility features of the imported Orpingtons. There is even a report of some Plymouth Rock blood also being used. The emphasis of the early breeders was on utility features. At this time, the resulting birds were known as Black Utility Orpingtons.
It was the egg laying performance of Australorps which attracted world attention when in 1922-23 a team of six hens set a world record of 1857 eggs at an average of 309.5 eggs per hen for a 365 consecutive day trial
