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That has to do with their E-allele, not the lavender gene.
There is no way to distinguish via appearance that a bird has one copy of lav.
Thank you! Originally, That's what I thought ( well not in the sense that you spoke of) but this is why I sell off all my blacks that...
No. There is a debate on it at The Coop, but those who say "no" are the experienced breeders and those who know far more about genetics than I can ever hope to learn.
(With breeding records and accurate bird marking, you can keep track of some who are split--based upon the chicks they have...