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Quote: This might explain why I'm getting weird colors from some of my silkies. I have a blue partridge rooster and two hens (blue and partridge) from my very first batch of eggs (they came from a friend who has a "mixed color" flock of silkies), plus, now I have some of their daughters from...

IMO, honesty is the best policy - or maybe I should say "full disclosure"... In other words, if you KNOW that a particular bird or batch of chicks had a visual parent of a recessive color, then they are guaranteed splits, and should be offered as such. If there is the slightest possibility...

I think lavender is beautiful on its own, and Andalusian blue and splash are beautiful on their own. To me, lavender will ruin a good blue (or splash) and blue (or splash) would just mess up a good lavender, so I don't see any good reason to mix the two varieties. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE...