Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

[snowflake]

just found this site, (busy on others) are your lavenders Bantam or standard? mine are bantam, supposed to be standards, very pretty and friendly will try to get some pics

 

[DMRippy]

just found this site, (busy on others) are your lavenders Bantam or standard? mine are bantam, supposed to be standards, very pretty and friendly will try to get some pics

Not sure who you are asking.... mine are LF.

 

[jerryse]

just found this site, (busy on others) are your lavenders Bantam or standard? mine are bantam, supposed to be standards, very pretty and friendly will try to get some pics

There may still be some small standards out there. Have you weighed them? Standard lavender were bred up from bantam lavender.

 

[Caitlin_VT]

My cockerel has leakage especially around his neck and hackle feathers. Is this something I can breed out? He has really nice feather quality so I would rather not have to replace him... Here is an old picture from last fall. He was only around 4 months old. The leakage is just starting to show.

 

[insanity]

Hi,
Last night I picked up a LF lavender Ameraucana roo. He was culled from a show breeder flock for having a bit of gold leakage, but I think he is beautiful. I do have a couple questions though. I plan to pair him with assorted EE girls of unknown backgrounds. I know the chicks will be considered mutts and I'm ok with that. But what can I expect in the offspring? Is lavender recessive or dominate. I run a splash roo now and always get blue chicks (which I prefer). Any info on the lavender gene would be helpful.

Thanks

 

[jerryse]

Hi,
Last night I picked up a LF lavender Ameraucana roo. He was culled from a show breeder flock for having a bit of gold leakage, but I think he is beautiful. I do have a couple questions though. I plan to pair him with assorted EE girls of unknown backgrounds. I know the chicks will be considered mutts and I'm ok with that. But what can I expect in the offspring? Is lavender recessive or dominate. I run a splash roo now and always get blue chicks (which I prefer). Any info on the lavender gene would be helpful.

Thanks

Lavender is recessive. Your chicks will be black. Not totally black depending on the hens but mostly black.

 

[insanity]

Thanks,That's what I thought. Guess I'll have to get some lavender girls now.

 

[DMRippy]

Thanks,That's what I thought. Guess I'll have to get some lavender girls now.

The chicks will be split for lavender so you can breed them back to the sire and get more lavenders..... but shouldn't be breed as Lavender AMs..... really just mixed chickens.

DON'T START THE EE THING!

 

[insanity]

I already have 10 or so EE girls that my lavender roo will go with. But don't worry I plan to only hatch for myself not sale.

 

[joni1986]

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I will try to tackle the question regarding the split feathers that look like you took a scissors to them.... I have found my lavenders to have a much softer, more delicate feather than any pure blacks I have raised. I believe they are more susceptible to what is known as mechanical damage as a result. Mechanical damage can occur when a bird damages their feathers by repeated contact with something such as wire fencing or caging fabric, which splits the feathers and the damage remains until the bird molts and grows new feathers. If the mechanical cause of the damaged feathers is not corrected, the new feathers that grow in after a molt will soon be damaged also. In my situation, a common place I see mechanical damage is on the saddle area of the hens and pullets, where the feathers are damaged by the male during breeding. You can see this type of damage in the picture below.... When this female was separated from the male, her feathers did molt and were replaced by gorgeous feathering in the saddle area where previously frayed feathers had been. Now, I have read that there is a gene present in some lavenders that is responsible for brittle feathers. I do not believe I have dealt with it here. Regarding the bird you asked about....be sure, first of all, that you aren't seeing mechanical damage. If you think your bird has an issue, and you have others to work with, the easy answer is to eliminate it from your genepool. Some think the answer to preventing feather issues with lavenders is to breed the lavenders back to black. And with the good blacks available out there, what can it hurt?

. I want some of these where do I order.