Can I see? I bet they are beautiful! I love the lavender/blue colors, like a lot of us here I’m sure. When I got her she was the last one left so there weren’t any to compare her to, but our blue silkie is much much darker. So lavender makes sense!
It depends. If you’re trying to breed show birds or something, then I wouldn’t but if you just want pretty layers or barnyard mixes or whatever then it doesn’t matter. Also, just for the record, I bred my Lavender male who had the gene and none of his babies ended up with it. So I think maybe it needs two copies to pass on? I’m not sure on that though. I did breed to other breeds though so if I had bred to more Lav Orps it might have passed on, not sure. But I didn’t have any. But yeah, just want to clarify that.
Well I will be getting a new phone soon so hopefully I can take some pictures
Thanks, it was honestly just a question for the future. I don’t have any plans to breed for any purpose really. But there may come a day
. My two cockerels are a barred naked neck and a buff silkie, so I don’t have a breeding project lined up by any means. Just falling in love with chickens, one bird at a time.
Okay good to note just in case. I appreciate the input. I literally Learn something new everyday on this forum!
That’s totally understandable! I never planned to breed either until one of my hens went broody and I was like “what the heck, I’ll let her hatch”Thanks, it was honestly just a question for the future. I don’t have any plans to breed for any purpose really. But there may come a day
I can see myself being this way, which is why I had to askThat’s totally understandable! I never planned to breed either until one of my hens went broody and I was like “what the heck, I’ll let her hatch”
! Thanks for your help!
No problem! It can be a slippery slope cause next thing I knew he had grandkids running around tooI can see myself being this way, which is why I had to ask
