Is there a name for this coloration?

[RememberTheWay]

I don't know if lavender weakens their system but it does weaken their feathers which is why I really don't like the lavender mutation. The brittle feathers are caused by a linked gene called Wing Patch and not the lavender gene itself.
http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/09E03A09.pdf

Is there a way to separate the lavender gene from the wing patch gene? Meaning you would still have the color without the complications or do they pretty much go hand in hand.

I will say this though- my lavender English Orpingtons never were the most vigorous chicks here and numerous ones just simply failed to thrive. No clue if it had anything to do with them being lavender but the other colors I had didn't seem to do a poorly as them

 

[Amer]

Is there a way to separate the lavender gene from the wing patch gene? Meaning you would still have the color without the complications or do they pretty much go hand in hand.

I will say this though- my lavender English Orpingtons never were the most vigorous chicks here and numerous ones just simply failed to thrive. No clue if it had anything to do with them being lavender but the other colors I had didn't seem to do a poorly as them

Supposedly, though most lavenders look crusty to me. Even the ones without the wing patch gene.
But I've had smooth lavender blues (lavenders with the blue gene) and porcelains. Out of my lavender blues I hatched a regular lavender and even though his mother had the softest, silkiest feathering, his didn't seem great.
To me, I feel like lavender on a black base, when when the feather quality is good, causes uneven pigmentation which looks bad.

 

[RememberTheWay]

Supposedly, though most lavenders look crusty to me. Even the ones without the wing patch gene.
But I've had smooth lavender blues (lavenders with the blue gene) and porcelains. Out of my lavender blues I hatched a regular lavender and even though his mother had the softest, silkiest feathering, his didn't seem great.
To me, I feel like lavender on a black base, when when the feather quality is good, causes uneven pigmentation which looks bad.

I have seen lavender ameraucanas that Lindsey Helton bred and they do not have the brittle feathers and were probably some of the smoothest most even creamy lavender color I've ever seen. I think that a lot of lavender (sidenote I know it is Techically self blue- I use lavender when talking on here for the sake of new comers and possible confusion with Andalusian blue) birds I see look very "grainy/mealy" in the color and have the ate up brittle feathers. My Ameraucana's are not as bad as the Orpingtons I had/have though. I wonder though if the difference in "smoothness" of color not actual feather has something to do with whether the bird is genetically a silver or a gold base? I have heard breeding lavender from blacks that based on silver instead of gold produces much nicer color then the latter.

 

[RememberTheWay]

Supposedly, though most lavenders look crusty to me. Even the ones without the wing patch gene.
But I've had smooth lavender blues (lavenders with the blue gene) and porcelains. Out of my lavender blues I hatched a regular lavender and even though his mother had the softest, silkiest feathering, his didn't seem great.
To me, I feel like lavender on a black base, when when the feather quality is good, causes uneven pigmentation which looks bad.

I have seen lavender ameraucanas that Lindsey Helton bred and they do not have the brittle feathers and were probably some of the smoothest most even creamy lavender color I've ever seen. I think that a lot of lavender (sidenote I know it is Techically self blue- I use lavender when talking on here for the sake of new comers and possible confusion with Andalusian blue) birds I see look very "grainy/mealy" in the color and have the ate up brittle feathers. My Ameraucana's are not as bad as the Orpingtons I had/have though. I wonder though if the difference in "smoothness" of color not actual feather has something to do with whether the bird is genetically a silver or a gold base? I have heard breeding lavender from blacks that based on silver instead of gold produces much nicer color then

I don't know if lavender weakens their system but it does weaken their feathers which is why I really don't like the lavender mutation. The brittle feathers are caused by a linked gene called Wing Patch and not the lavender gene itself.
http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/09E03A09.pdf

I can't open the file btw

 

[Amer]

I can't open the file btw

IDK why that is. It's good on my end.

 

[NatJ]

I can't open the file btw

IDK why that is. It's good on my end.

I was able to open the file too.