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    Irolita reacted to Slothinc's post in the thread Lavender question with Like Like.
    If there were splash in the first batch, that means both parents were blue or splash. The black rooster cant be split to blue (because...
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    Irolita reacted to NatJ's post in the thread Lavender question with Like Like.
    ^ This is definitely one option. Another way to test the lavenders: Breed a lavender to a chicken that is known to be black. If any...
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    Irolita reacted to Slothinc's post in the thread Lavender question with Like Like.
    Absolutely, I completely forgot to mention the test breeding as an option!! It will take a little longer, and you will have to keep...
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    Irolita reacted to NatJ's post in the thread Lavender question with Like Like.
    It's a good question which one is cheaper. If you already have adult chickens and an incubator, the test mating is probably cheaper...
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    Irolita replied to the thread Lavender question.
    Okay, I think I will just try the test breeding method. I've already spent a lot just on hatching eggs. Thank you for explaining it.
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    Irolita replied to the thread Lavender question.
    Oh. Right! Of course. I should have realized that. I wish I knew more about her pens. She basically ghosted me after I emailed her to...
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    Irolita replied to the thread Lavender question.
    The second seller has only lavender. She doesn't have any black or any other colour at all. She seemed to think it was very risky to add...
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    Last year I got some supposedly lavender Ameraucana hatching eggs. I was told that some of them could be black split to lavender...
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    Irolita replied to the thread What colour is this little roo?.
    Thanks! I don't know too much about colour genetics yet, so it's interesting to see how they turn out.
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    Irolita replied to the thread What colour is this little roo?.
    Ok, thank you! It didn't look quite right to me either comparing it to photos online.
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    He’s not birchen, he’s black with leakage, and I agree that the columbian rock is probably the mother
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    Irolita reacted to JedJackson's post in the thread What colour is this little roo? with Like Like.
    It's not birchen, in my opinion. He won't fit exactly into a standard color pattern because he has mixed color genetics. The mother is...
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    He's an easter egger. Hatched from a brown egg, so RIR, Barred Rock, or Columbian Rock mother. Father is an Ameraucana (blue or...
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