Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

[Couchmo]

My Lavenders are here!

My Lavenders are here!

YIPPEE! Oh, how exciting. I so wish I could be there to see them.

Good news for me, however. I found out that a friend of mine has an incubator and she's letting me borrow it. So I'll be able to hatch out some for myself. WOOHOO,

Now, I just need to brood the BA's that are coming In 2 weeks, then I'll be looking for some Lav Am eggs to hatch. I guess I better get busy coop building, lol

 

[BarrettG]

Ooooh yaaaaaaa! I'm so excited for you. I spent 400 bucks on 4 lavenders. It's nice to get to see them hatch for free. They are the cutest babies!

 

[BarrettG]

The crazy thing is the chicks on the right are from a pure Lavender rooster and a all white Amerucana but the chicks came out black and Lav? Where did the black come from?

 

[pips&peeps]

white is recessive, as is lavender. generally under lavender is black and under white is black - which explains the black chicks.

However, I am unsure of how you got lavender chicks from the hatch - you shouldn't have.

 

[pips&peeps]

Is it possible that the hen was bred by a lavender before the white cock bird?

oops went back and reread, maybe the white carries lavender

 

[FowlStuff]

The crazy thing is the chicks on the right are from a pure Lavender rooster and a all white Amerucana but the chicks came out black and Lav? Where did the black come from?

I see you have a ? after "Lav", so maybe those chicks are blue. Your white hen could carry splash.
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[greenleaf]

BarrettG where did you spend 400 for 4 lavenders? That price is simply outrageous. Were these adults? And from what breeder?

 

[BarrettG]

BarrettG where did you spend 400 for 4 lavenders? That price is simply outrageous.  Were these adults?  And from what breeder? 

They were at 4 months old when I bought them. They were really 60 a Lav but with the shipping it came out to $100 a chicken. I got them directly from Paul Smith himself. He said they are show quality birds. I just did my first hatch. At the time I set the eggs only one was laying. Now all 3 are laying. I hope for a better turnout on the next round. Have you heard of or bought birds from Paul Smith? Feel free to message me

 

[BarrettG]

white is recessive, as is lavender.  generally under lavender is black and under white is black - which explains the black chicks.

However, I am unsure of how you got lavender chicks from the hatch - you shouldn't have.

I had 2 types of eggs. 1 type is from straight Lavs both the mom and dad. the other type of eggs are from the Lav rooster and a white Amerucana hen. What does that make the chicks, Easter Eggers?

 

[pips&peeps]

I had 2 types of eggs. 1 type is from straight Lavs both the mom and dad. the other type of eggs are from the Lav rooster and a white Amerucana hen. What does that make the chicks, Easter Eggers?

The problem is that the are carrying a recessive white gene and the recessive lavender gene. I don't know what will happen when you have both of those together. I would think they would be white.

I wouldn't want to use them as breeders, I would sell them as easter eggers.