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Thanks to all for your input- I'm fairly stubborn and have to be shown a variety of reasons why some absurd idea I get isn't really the BEST idea. I will go ahead and experiment- but only so that we can have some references for the future of predictable reaction. I think it's good to be able to...

Fabulous info- I knew finding you would answer my questions fairly quickly! Thanks so much, Henk! I get ahead of myself sometimes, but it's all due to crazy curiosity!! I think I'll be having some intentional experiments and will update down the line. I can't help it...curious. If anyone has...

I'm moving this comment from the Lav Silkie thread so this topic doesn't hijack that one: Quote: Found this early on in the thread. Great info from Bren! I want to respond to this, since I have direct experience with the striped chicks in Lav Silkies: I think it's simply an normal...

Quote: LOVE your logic!

Quote: I'm not aware of that particular situation, but the reason Black is used is that all Lavender birds are Black first, or Red (Gold), or BOTH, then the color is diluted by the Lavender gene. Lavender also dilutes Red/Gold to a lemony/creamy color. A bird can also be diluted by the Blue...

Quote: Great point! You are absolutely correct about the feather quality- it isn't present in the Splits, so it wouldn't show in the Blues or Splashes if they were Split. Lavender can vary in the degree to which it makes the feathers react- some look just raggedy and awful, others look fine-...

Quote: Excellent point, thanks!

I feel it's not really hard at all to tell what is Splash vs. Splash Lavender except when so young the feathers aren't fully erupted. Feather shafts and hues seem fairly clear to me. If you know the genes you have present, it's also predictable, to some extent. What other reasons are out there...

I opened a question on the threads regarding Lav Orps and Lav Silkies, but not much discussion is going on in response. I felt the need to open a non-breed-specific thread to talk about the two dilution genes. Here's the original question: CRA-AAAAACK!!!! That's the sound of me...