Lavender "Projects"

[PepsNick]

When people talk about their lavender birds they often call them "projects". Well, are they doing an experiment or something with them? LOL sorry for my ignorance here... but it seems to only be with lavs?

So if I were to get lav ameraucanas or something, would they be "projects"?

 

[Illia]

The term with "project" with Lavenders is that they need improvement in either color (often people sell splits too) or in body. (in my opinion, what really matters)


You must consider, that like BLR and a couple other popular colors, people just do it for the color to get $$, so of course, there's a LOT of really poor quality stock out there and very little good stuff, so, some people start projects to try and get Lavender back on track.

Take Orpingtons for example. It is where the color originally began, yet sadly through all the years we've had them, they still desepately need help. Most, if not about 95% of all Lavender Orpingtons I see out there are so far from the Orpington standard, they almost make hatchery Buff Orpingtons look like Ohio Nationals winners.

My opinion.

Now, I'm not saying there are no good ones out there, and hats off to the hard workers who actually are trying to breed or already have good Lavender birds!

 

[TK Poultry]

"project" usually means the color is fairly new and they have not A.) got it accepted and B.) they haven't got it profected. Lavender Orps and Lavender Ameraucanas are examples of Project Lavenders. Neither have been accepted. Another Project Lavender is Bantam Cochin. But some expamples of non Project Lavenders (Self Blue) are d'uccles. Another Lav type project would be the Porcelain silkies. If I wanted to make Lavender Wheaten Ameraucanas they would be considered "projects" until accepted by the APA

 

[PepsNick]

Ah, I get it. Thanks!

 

[wilds of pa]

TK Poultry
"project" usually means the color is fairly new and they have not A.) got it accepted and B.) they haven't got it profected. Lavender Orps and Lavender Ameraucanas are examples of Project Lavenders. Neither have been accepted. Another Project Lavender is Bantam Cochin. But some expamples of non Project Lavenders (Self Blue) are d'uccles. Another Lav type project would be the Porcelain silkies. If I wanted to make Lavender Wheaten Ameraucanas they would be considered "projects" until accepted by the APA

and SUPER RARE project LF lav araucana

http://www.hinkjcpoultry.com/lavenderlfaraucana.htm

A project is a temporary endeavor, having a defined beginning and end at some point, undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, usually to bring about beneficial change.

i disagree with them having to be accepted with the apa or aba to be in a breed,,

we don't show here and most chicken folks don't either.

what we are building/working towards is a bird that meets standard body conformation for orpingtons. other then the color its self ,which still could be shown in a all other category if one so desired.

we certainly didn't start our projects to benefit the apa or aba, we started them because we love the color regardless of what the apa thinks about them. ultimately lav orpington are here to stay and may or may not have there place in the apa, but that wont stop folks from having orps or araucana or etc in that color or any other color being worked on in a specific breed..​