Lavender and Blue genes - cross outcome?

[windyridgefarm]

I am also interested in this cross. I asked the question on a snobby, name dropping, no it all, facebook group consisting of 20 members, shoulda known better, and got attacked to the question that was "not genuine". All these pecking hens, yes pun intended, could say was, "its a mess, don't do it". Does anyone have experience with crossing blue birds with lavender birds. I do understand genetics basics and understand how the self blue works, but when people say not to do this, its like people are only repeating what they have been told instead of actually seeing the crosses. If I have a pen of splash hens to a black roo, and make lots of blue babies and save only the lightest, why wouldn't this be the perfect color to cross back to the self blue? Lets say, for the sake of a coronation project or even the blue creams (porcelain)? I read where there is a question about whether or not the porcelains should have mottling or not. Some say no, some say yes. The A. blues would give that, right? Seems blue to lav in that sense would be ideal.

I have worked with both. Personally, I would keep them separate. Once you mix them, it isn't easy to separate them again, and it will complicate future breeding projects. You should also be aware that the lavender gene also results in less durable feathers. Another example is the Crested Cream Legbar lines, which produce Frost Legbars due to being split for recessive white. However, in that case, you can select for recessive white while blue and lavender mask each other's presence. Getting pure Cream Legbars back from split lines would be a project. Getting pure blue back would be, as people told you, a mess. I should add that you could get lavender back by saving only the black chicks that are split to lavender, and breeding forward with them. A good summary would be more thinking, more planning, more pens, and more record keeping.