Every time I see this picture of your chickens just sitting in the snow like it is just a grassy field, it cracks me up! My birds won't even come out if there is snow on the ground. I sometimes just grab them out and make them walk on it. If they want to eat though, they come out, that is where the feeders are that I fill in the mornings.
So, I still have to do lots of research on color crossings, but if I were to mate a Lav to a BBS, what would result?