Beautiful roo

[MaBell]

I purchased this "pullet" back in March. Obviously, he is not a she. But the breeder also stated he was an english lavender wyandotte. I am curious though, if he is rather a red laced blue splash wyandotte. Pic one is of a cockerell I found online and pic 2 is of the roo in question. The breeder also guaranteed all pullets. Of 12, 9 were cockerells. So, you'll understand my reservation in breed guarantee. the only marked difference in the two birds is the chest color.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I purchased this "pullet" back in March. Obviously, he is not a she. But the breeder also stated he was an english lavender wyandotte. I am curious though, if he is rather a red laced blue splash wyandotte. Pic one is of a cockerell I found online and pic 2 is of the roo in question. The breeder also guaranteed all pullets. Of 12, 9 were cockerells. So, you'll understand my reservation in breed guarantee. the only marked difference in the two birds is the chest color. View attachment 2408825

He is beautiful! I have never heard of a lavender wyandotte, but then I have not heard of many of the newer breeds/variations out there. I would guess splash laced red as well! ☺

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I can’t tell whether he’s blue or lavender. Can you get a closer pictures?

 

[JedJackson]

His coloring is beautiful. He's definitely not a plain lavender. He's likely the product of a blue laced red male over a silver laced female.

To be a violet laced bird he would have to have the lavender gene in the lacing of both parents. Possible, but a lot more rare, and therefore less likely.

Can you contact the breeder for clarification?

 

[MaBell]

I can’t tell whether he’s blue or lavender. Can you get a closer pictures?

Let me try this. I'll try to get better ones tomorrow if this is still unhelpful.

 

[MaBell]

His coloring is beautiful. He's definitely not a plain lavender. He's likely the product of a blue laced red male over a silver laced female.

To be a violet laced bird he would have to have the lavender gene in the lacing of both parents. Possible, but a lot more rare, and therefore less likely.

Can you contact the breeder for clarification?

She has since deleted all of her ads online and our communication method wasn't via phone. ‍ I wish I could still contact her, though as I paid $20 per PULLET.

 

[MaBell]

He is beautiful! I have never heard of a lavender wyandotte, but then I have not heard of many of the newer breeds/variations out there. I would guess splash laced red as well! ☺

He is gorgeous. When he was a wee bird, we named "her" Sophia Birdgara (we have actor/actress theme here lol). Now, he's just sophia the non-hen. His crow sounds like a child screaming, though. Very unnerving. Haha

 

[keesmom]

I can’t tell whether he’s blue or lavender. Can you get a closer pictures?

Not lavender. Lavender also dilutes red.

 

[MaBell]

Either way, we are keeping him as a) he's not a jerkhole and b)we are incubating eggs to see what we get in the next generation. He is one of 4 roosters, though so no guarantee he is papa of any of the new hatches but if we decide to put him up in a bachelor pad with a girl or two later on, I'd like to know with some degree of certainty what we are hatching out.

 

[MaBell]

Not lavender. Lavender also dilutes red.

So, Sophia the unhen is NOT lavender?