Looking back on this thread, the op has mistaken blue for lavender silver laced.
I’d like to point out my reasoning as to why lavender laced silver on orps is a very very hard project IF you use plain Lavender Orpingtons.
Lavender Orpingtons do not have the silver gene. While silver laced orps...
I saw the first photo. Isn't that just a blue orp? You cannot have a laced lavender without a groundcolor of: silver (white), gold, buff, red, lemon, or isabel. The lavender gene affects the color of a chickens "pattern".
A lavender laced silver orp's pattern would look like this:
(This is a...