Lavender color?

[DANNY]

As was clearly stated early in the thread, to get lavender birds you have to use lavender birds; breed them to your own birds, then breed your new lavender-carrying birds together.

Maybe i need to rephrase my question. How do you get lavender from scratch. You told all about the genetics but didn't mention any birds you mix to create lavender. It obviously can be done because the first one came from something. You may not know and that's ok.

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

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I believe lavender is a mutation. Correct me if I am wrong?

 

[wilds of pa]

Danny you would have to hope the gene is present in a bird that isn't known to carry it.. Ques it could happen 1 in a couple million maybe..+/-

Best to get a known bird to have or carry it, then introduce it to your project birds..

A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the lavender plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2253553

~Wilds~

 

[DANNY]

I know about breeding lavender to buff or black. I have a couple of lavender cochins projects going now. I was just curious to know if anybody knew how the lavender color got started.

 

[Rootball]

It was a mutation discovered in the 70s similar to chocolate which I think was discovered early 80s.

These discoveries may have been rediscoveries, sometimes these strains die out and then the same mutation is discovered again.

 

[danielle82]

Thank you everyone who replied! I really appreciate it, I am new to this chicken thing, and really like learning all sorts of chicken stuff!

 

[danielle82]

Wilds Of Pa, I went to your BYC page, Your birds are Gorgeous! Really beautiful