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Those are outstanding!! I had one young Lavender cockeral I hatched from some split black eggs that I got from TuffOldHen but he was killed by dog attack last year.

Yeah I guess that would be a possibilty to consider. I still have some time before spring to get my thoughts together on which way to start. Are your Araucana rumpless or are they more like the "Americana's" ?

Yep but like Jody and others they keep bringing in other Black Orps to try and get the type and temp they are looking for so you start the process all over again.

You have to get the lavender gene in the line so breeding a Lavender with a Black will give you black and split black babies. There's no way to tell which carry the lavender gene so you breed all the pullets back to the Father. The babies that have two copies of the Lavender gene will be...

The Lavender Wyandotte project is something I would love to start but I have never done anything like this before. I don't have any Lavender Orps or any Black Wyandotte's so that will be the first thing I have to do. It shouldn't be too hard to get a Lavender rose combed bird to get it started...

For those interested in Lavender Wyandotte's like I am should consider this. I hope to start this sometime in the coming year if my time permits. Just for kicks and giggles this is a picture of a BLRW x BO hen that I hatched a couple of years ago and she looks much like the beginnings of a buff...