I have also yet to find out how clean I can get the penciling. At the moment it is very messy due to crossing penciled to non-penciled birds. Though I do wonder, does charcoal add something that would make the penciling become messier or harder to get right? Still trying to learn everything...
That's what I thought. I own an isabel hen. It's lavender on gold penciled.
I guess the question I have is if I made lavender silver penciled with charcoal a variety in the breed could I call it Isabel or would that be wrong, since isabel is a slightly different combination of genes? If not...
I figured it would be a mixed color, but since I'm planning on it being one of the varieties in a new breed I'm working on, it's worth asking if the color has an actual name. These days I feel like there are so many names for unofficial colors that it's impossible to keep track of them all.
I'd love to breed some lavender silver penciled chickens with black heads (which will be barely noticeable with the lavender, but still.) and I want to know if there is a name for that color or is it just called lavender silver penciled (or in my case, lav. silver penciled with charcoal)?
Thanks!