Lavender Marans variations in colors ?

[iambebabeba]

has anyone had a bird come out white from Lavender Marans. he started having lavender down under his white: I have a small flock of lavender Marans . The father of this white bird is lavender x Blue Marans and has the most beautiful super light lavender plumage. Would this white offspring possibly be a splash but have zero grey feathers? It’s only new down that is growing out that is lavender. All his true feathers are white. First picture is him. Second is his dad . Mother was another lavender Marans hen.

 

[Debbie292d]

Since it's genetics bringing that out, it's going to be hard to predict. There'd have to be someone with similar lineage to know for sure, but I've had some white silkies turn out to be splash, lemon, etc., as sometimes it won't express until they are an adult, and sometimes not until they molt. I highly doubt it'd stay white though as it got lavender genes from both parents. I don't know enough about those to know if one parent perhaps doesn't pass it to a particular sex.

 

[JedJackson]

The father doesn't look pure lavender to me, since he has lemony hackle and saddle feathers. But it might just be the picture.

If he does have that yellow tinge to those feather, he is not pure lavender and has some other color genetics going on in addition to the lavender gene.

Also, though rare, color sports or mutations do happen. White Plymouth rocks started as sports from regular barred rock parents, as one example.