lavender = soft feathering?

[BackSwampGirl]

Well I have a ? .How do u get lavendar.I mean how and what colors do u mix to get it.I had something unusal with my silkies hatching.I got 1 Black Silkie Roo and the hen is Black Silkie,I got 1 splash from that one.And does it grow out of the hen and Roo.That was 2 ?`s,,,,,,,,lol Sorry,I just wanted to know some answers if u can help me,,,Thanks Sandra

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

If you got a splash from two "blacks," then they are both actually very dark blue. It is not uncommon to have blues so dark that they look black. However, compared with a true black in good light, you can see the difference. If you have a good blue, a black-looking-blue and a black all side by side, the black-looking-blue actually does look closer in colour to black.

Genetically, however, they are blue, which is incompletely dominant--1 copy dilutes black pigment to blue; 2 copies further dilutes the black pigment to a light slaty base with dark random, irregular splashes throughout

Lavender is an entirely separate, recessive gene that dilutes both black and red pigment. To have any affect on appearance a bird must have two copies. Becasue they are unrelated genes, a bird can be both blue (or splash) and lavender.

 

[Krys109uk]

Well I have a ? .How do u get lavendar.I mean how and what colors do u mix to get it.I had something unusal with my silkies hatching.I got 1 Black Silkie Roo and the hen is Black Silkie,I got 1 splash from that one.And does it grow out of the hen and Roo.That was 2 ?`s,,,,,,,,lol Sorry,I just wanted to know some answers if u can help me,,,Thanks Sandra

Lavender colour is the effect of having two recessive lavender genes in the parts of the bird that would otherwise be black. Lavender cannot be made by mixing colours.

Some colours can 'hide', for want of a non-technical explanation, if they are caused by recessive genes & come out in subsequent generations. If your chick is indeed lavender then I expect you are lucky....I'm not sure that lavender is particularly common. Perhaps a photo & the silkie experts would be able to give better advice.​

 

[MichiganWoods]

Maybe we should have a sticky at the top of one of these forums that explains how you get a lavender. From my understanding, you have to HAVE a lavender bird in order to breed them. You can't mix other genetics and end up with a true lavender.

I just ordered (oh Lord, more eggs) 6+ Porcelain D'Uccle eggs which carry the lavender gene. I'm not sure how I'm going to utilize them yet though. (Here's to hoping they hatch!)

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Quote:
I'll supply the glue in which to stick it with!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

in which to stick it with

Reminds me of Churchill, "up with which I will not put."​

 

[Krys109uk]

From my understanding, you have to HAVE a lavender bird in order to breed them. You can't mix other genetics and end up with a true lavender.

Each parent will have to carry a lavender gene inherited from their parent, (who may or may not have themselves been lavender in colour), in order to be able to produce a lavender offspring. The gene has to be there...... one cannot just mix colours to get lavender.​