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@TheMoonshiner There's no use in trying to argue with Louise/Marc (whoever owns this account now. It's changed hands a couple times) Sometimes he/she claims their silver laced flock is from Keiths Orpingtons, sometimes he/she claims Bob Follows. Sometimes Netherlands, sometimes from England...

Try Carolina Rare Chicks. He has some great stock. I saw he had some chicks for sale the other day so he might also have a spare cockerel.

Try contacting Carolina Rare Chicks. He has an excellent flock of Silver Laced and is a very reputable, honest breeder. Thoroughly do your research before purchasing from just anyone!

Yes, the standard is the same for combs. Ideally 5-6 evenly spaced points but anywhere from 5-8 is generally accepted

Good lookin' juvies! Just wait until they are out of the awkward stage

I think it's a little soon to be judging the quality of the lacing. Once the bird gets fully feathered in (8-10 weeks) you can start to judge color and type comes a little later usually. Typically lacing doesn't get better after molts, but sometimes it does improve from juvenile to adult stage...

No, an Isabel *cuckoo* is a lavender Crele. Isabel is just a fancy game given to a diluted color by lavender. Usually buff with lavender or something like that. You can have Isabel without having any partridge or cuckoo.

Yeah I think he has a hen from me but he also has a lot of birds from 2-3 other bloodlines

The only other variations of Crele I am aware of are blue crele and red crele. Neither of which are out of the "project" stage yet anywhere so I'm unsure of how they'll look when complete.

And then you've got the lavender partridge cuckoo (Isabel Cuckoo)

Not an Orpington, but you get the idea. That's the columbian cuckoo (Delaware) The barring is visible This is just a columbian (no barring)

Silver Laced carry the columbian gene naturally (they are columbian laced.) If you hatch enough Silver Laced you *will* hatch birds that lack the necessary lacing genes and they will just be columbians. Not Delawares, because those are columbian cuckoo.

Like I said, I don't believe there is a problem with genetics or in-breeding here in the US. There are 3-4 known bloodlines and I've been working with same line for 3 years now with no problems whatsoever! The problem with outcrossing is you are going to introduce genes you don't want or...

At that age it's really not best to be judging the head shape I've found. You'd be better off waiting until maturity to make judgements on type because these birds make a lot of changes as they age. I don't have a problem with the head shape of my breeding stock, that being said... I would...