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That usually seems to be terminology used by someone that doesn't know for sure what they have, a lavender or a splash...

I read here in the US, the APA call the lavender variety is termed "self blue" and in the UK they call them Lavender. And if both are shown in the same show at an APA event, their lumped together and judged against each other.
 
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That usually seems to be terminology used by someone that doesn't know for sure what they have, a lavender or a splash...

I read here in the US, the APA call the lavender variety is termed "self blue" and in the UK they call them Lavender. And if both are shown in the same show at an APA event, their lumped together and judged against each other.

Yes, lavender and self blue are the the same color. It depends on what breed you are referring to (and where you are) as to which term you use. The lavender Ameraucana breeders are trying to have them accepted as "lavender". d'Uccles are "self blue".
 
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I read here in the US, the APA call the lavender variety is termed "self blue" and in the UK they call them Lavender. And if both are shown in the same show at an APA event, their lumped together and judged against each other.

Yes, lavender and self blue are the the same color. It depends on what breed you are referring to (and where you are) as to which term you use. The lavender Ameraucana breeders are trying to have them accepted as "lavender". d'Uccles are "self blue".

Any sure way to tell the difference between the two ( Lavender and Self Blue)? I read about checking the wing feathers. A better way is to breed them and then you know. but a judge can not do that test.
And trust me I am VERY new chickens yet alone to the genetics. I live by the hunt and peck method with my birds to see what combo's make better birds. In my Buff Orps, I had taken two extremely well known Buff breeder's line to each other, one would think it would produce super quality. Just the opposite. I hatched out a dozen or so, ONLY to have one keeper. He is even smaller then my better two Buff Orp boys. Being a Buff color Orp, their easily placed as layers quality around here in Indy. Another interesting observations is seeing the huge difference is birds between the two Blue Ameraucana boys who are brothers, when their taken to the same three hens. One boy produces a nice, but a bit too dark color. I still LOVE that darker Blue. The other boy makes a bit lighter Blue. Still nice a dark Blue.
 
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I asked it a few weeks ago because I saw people advertising lav splash silkies, looked like a light blue splash to me
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. I was trying to wrap my head around how it's possible....
I guess if you mated a lav to a splash you get all blue split to lav. Breed the 2 lav split blues and you get lav splash? but you also get regular splash(as well as black, blue, lav) and I don't know you could reall tell the difference, espcially these newer people working with the lavs? I think I hatched my first lavs a year and a half ago and I don't think I would be able to figure out the difference between a lav splash and a light blue splash
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Same thing, just different terminology.

It's the lavender (self-blue) and the splash that some have trouble differentiating. dak
 
Is there anywhere that there are pictures where I could see the difference between blue and lavender, so forth? Honestly, many of them look the same to me. Cute, but the same.

Catherine
 
I dont have any lavender birds, and dont intend to, since I prefer the blues with lacing, but I can see a big trainwreck coming with people breeding lavenders to blues. Its such a shame that it is going to happen, and will happen with other breeds too. The genetics down the road will be an absolute nightmare.
 

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