lav x mottled?

[key west chick]

I just purchased a pair of beautiful lav Araucanas. I plan on putting my lonely little mottled Araucana hen with them since she recently lost her mate. What will I get from a lav x mottled? Will they just be a mixture of colors or will I end up with more lav or splits? I dont know anything about her background other than the fact she is true Araucana that came from someone who supposedly breeds black, blue and whites. Dont know how I got a mottled but I did.

 

[call ducks]

i would think lav mottled , with the lav. replacing where the black would be

 

[encorepistol]

solid colored birds split for mottling. You'd have to breed back to the mottled parrent to get any mottleds and then I think it would only be like 50 percent mottled. you could also breed siblings but the percentages for mottled would be less.

 

[Kev]

If she's black and white mottled.. all chicks would come out black. All of them would be split for lavender and mottling. If you breed them together, will hit on a few lav mottleds along mottled, solid blacks and lavenders..

 

[TK Poultry]

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That is what I was thinking to you would have to do brother sister mating to get lav mottled

 

[Kev]

Yes, brother and sister mating for lav mottleds. I'd like to see what that looks like!

 

[key west chick]

Oh the possibilities! And to think I was just throwing her in there to be with her own kind!

 

[TK Poultry]

I dont know how well the mottling would show up visually speaking since the base would be soo light anywa. I mean sometimes its hard to see mottling on blue