Lavender Laced Orpington!!!! Extremely Rare!!

[CountryFlock]

I saw the first photo. Isn't that just a blue orp? You cannot have a laced lavender without a groundcolor of: silver (white), gold, buff, red, lemon, or isabel. The lavender gene affects the color of a chickens "pattern".

A lavender laced silver orp's pattern would look like this:
(This is a wyandotte but the orp's pattern would be the same)

Doing a silver laced lavender orp project is very hard to do, because of the silver gene mixing with the lack of the silver gene of the lavender orp, creating a S/s or s/s with 3/4 of the offspring. Probably a 8 year minimum project. A project where you use gold laced orps is much easier and would result in Lavender laced Isabel orps which would probably take a min of 4 years.

 

[Smcd18]

I got this little lady tonight

 

[CountryFlock]

Looking back on this thread, the op has mistaken blue for lavender silver laced.

I’d like to point out my reasoning as to why lavender laced silver on orps is a very very hard project IF you use plain Lavender Orpingtons.

Lavender Orpingtons do not have the silver gene. While silver laced orps do. You first have to breed for the silver to stay in because you don’t want to lose it mid project. This is very hard when you have to also worry about 4 other genes.

IF someone wants to do this I suggest silver laced orps and Isabel laced orps. You would then breed just for silver and lavender. Isabel laced orps are literally Lavender laced gold Orpingtons.

Surprised that Isabel laced orps exists but double laced orps don’t... for now

 

[nicalandia]

Looking back on this thread, the op has mistaken blue for lavender silver laced.

and it only took the OP 6 years to develop it...

 

[ColtHandorf]

I am actually planning on doing this. I'm growing out the Lavender Orpingtons now. My birds carry but do not express the gold gene. Or at least I hatch chicks that look Gold-laced:

There you can see two siblings. I'm curious how the Lavender gene will play with whatever is going on under them. Can you better explain the two paths you've outlined above? Silver-laced x Lavender and Silver-laced x Isabel-laced? I don't think I've seen anyone with Isabel-laced Orpingtons. Not that I need another breed pen, but if it would be better to cross a Lavender cockerel over the pullets that were gold at hatch and then feathered in silver I could do that.

I'm also planning on working towards a Blue Silver-laced bird, which I'm hoping will be a fairly "easy" project in terms of introducing the gene and then being able to breed back for better lacing. I wouldn't mind suggestions on that either.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I got this little lady tonight

Nice lacing; but that's blue, not lavender.

 

[Smcd18]

Nice lacing; but that's blue, not lavender.

Thank you. I wasn't sure . They told me she was a chocolate lavender but no matter how much I searched I couldn't find anything on that even existing. She's beautiful though regardless.

 

[MaryAlice]

I have a trio of Lavender lace Orpingtons, these bird hatched from Keith's Orps, they are about 12 months old, I will forward pictures soon. All eggs have proved active, pics of chick also. If interested in these stunning birds . Do leave message.

Regards.
Karen.

I am very interested in this congratulations and good luck with this project in new to this and technically impaired but hope to follow this . thanks for your efforts.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I actually obtained to Lavender Silver-laced Orpingtons earlier this summer. I think they are both going to be cockerels. They are in the hideous stage on top of being plucked before I got them but I'll post some pictured when they've feathered in more.

 

[4Mychickies]

I have a trio of Lavender lace Orpingtons, these bird hatched from Keith's Orps, they are about 12 months old, I will forward pictures soon. All eggs have proved active, pics of chick also. If interested in these stunning birds . Do leave message.

Regards.
Karen.

I too have a lavender laced roo, i am looking to start and expand this project. I have never seen laced isabellas. I have however found another breeder who will sell me hatching eggs of lavender laced at 25.00 a piece!