Blue, Splash, or Lavender?

[3KillerBs]

3, 11-week-old girls from Welp that I'm uncertain of. Either the Blue Australorps I ordered or from the Assorted Brown Layer package. (It would help if I'd ever seen a confirmed splash bird in person).

Red, who was tentatively ID'd as a Lavender Orpington a little while back. She's got white feet and a lovely, pale color without any real lacing. But she does have a few tiny, dark tickmarks. No evidence of shredding.

Black/Red. White feet. Medium color with slight lacing and dark ticking. She'd be lighter if she were splash, right?

Black. Light, but not as light as Red. Lacing and black tickmarks.

I'm sorting them out so I know who to keep (and perhaps breed), and who to sell.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

3, 11-week-old girls from Welp that I'm uncertain of. Either the Blue Australorps I ordered or from the Assorted Brown Layer package. (It would help if I'd ever seen a confirmed splash bird in person).

Red, who was tentatively ID'd as a Lavender Orpington a little while back. She's got white feet and a lovely, pale color without any real lacing. But she does have a few tiny, dark tickmarks. No evidence of shredding.

Black/Red. White feet. Medium color with slight lacing and dark ticking. She'd be lighter if she were splash, right?

Black. Light, but not as light as Red. Lacing and black tickmarks.

I'm sorting them out so I know who to keep (and perhaps breed), and who to sell.

I would call both of these birds blue.
Blue can vary from so light that it looks almost lavender to so dark that it looks black. Splash can look lavender, too but I would expect more splash markings.

 

[3KillerBs]

I would call both of these birds blue.
Blue can vary from so light that it looks almost lavender to so dark that it looks black. Splash can look lavender, too but I would expect more splash markings.

Which two of the 3 are you talking about?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

One Lav two Blues

 

[3KillerBs]

One Lav two Blues

Red being the lavender?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Red being the lavender?

Yes.

 

[ChickenLeg]

All the birds are blue, none are lavender. The lavender gene will never allow edging or lacing to be expressed

 

[ColtHandorf]

The red leg band is a Splash. The red/black and black leg bands are both Blues.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Which two of the 3 are you talking about?

The red leg band is a Splash. The red/black and black leg bands are both Blues.

Agreed.
sorry I didn’t read the post thoroughly enough I thought there were only two birds.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

None of those are lavender. Two are blue, and the first looks splash.