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I'm still here.Is this thread still active? I am breeding my Lavender orpingtons (I have 3 hens 1 too) this year for the first time and wanted to revive this thread if possible. Who is still out there?
The black is used in breeding to keep up the feather quality. If breeding lav to lav, the feathers can look ratty after a couple generations. Breeding a lav and a black will produce a black looking bird that will carry the recessive lavender gene. = a black/lav split. Breeding that split to a lav will give 50% lav and 50% splits.I saw some other posts on here about people using a black rooster that has to carry a certain gene or something I dunno what all that means. And I saw where some people hatch lavender eggs but the birds are blue because they have a dark head. Was I reading that right or did I confuse myself. These eggs I have came from meyer I ordered them back in December and glad I did they sold out pretty quick after that.
Good luck on the ICU chick.The black is used in breeding to keep up the feather quality. If breeding lav to lav, the feathers can look ratty after a couple generations. Breeding a lav and a black will produce a black looking bird that will carry the recessive lavender gene. = a black/lav split. Breeding that split to a lav will give 50% lav and 50% splits.