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No, I ordered the birds for another project from a hatchery. I need some of their genes to obtain a new variety of chicken I hope to produce. If they carry a new blue allele or carry blue and lavender (most likely not), that will help me with the project. I have always been interested in the...

Quote: Dustin. The thing that is unusual is that there is not black feather edging (melanotic) on the feathers (if she was blue). I would say the darker head hackles is due to melanotic and is typical of blue also. The bird should be whitish if she were splash; the rest of the birds are the...

Here is a pic of a splash cochin I received all of the young birds have the same color and some even have a black feather in their plumage which is a good indication of splash. The color is unusual for splash- looks more like lavender to me or a light blue. Thought members would like to see...