Lavender X Buff Orpington cross

[Lil Go Peep]

Thank you!! What I am unsure if is your terminology. When you use the word split black, what color are referencing? Based on the images that I've uploaded, what would you define their color as being? Thanks for your help, Joanne

Here is my crossing

Not original daddy but around the same color Cochin I put with Lavender hens -

Maverick is the result of the crossing- he hatched out all black, with age got red I wanted, his sister is all black - these are the (Splits) 1 parent gene so are mostly black- Yours even with color are Black splits due to the black just with added color

Mavericks sister- Red Cochin + Lavender cross

This hatch is the above Split Roo put back with Lavender hens- 3 came out all black and 4 came out Lavender - 3 lav Roos had the cream color I want and hen is just lavender color - hens in this hatch was supposed to go back to above Roo to put more red gene so the next generation will have the cream(Isabele) color I'm going for in the Lavender on Cochin

These are the only 3 I have left from Mavericks offspring - as you can tell the one is Roo which I thought was hen, he was just a late bloomer
-----Next hatch (Maverick back to offspring) will again create the above hatch outcome Black Chicks (Splits) and LAV color, just hoping with more red gene to come out Isabelle

No matter what color is put with Lavs they will hatch out black not Lavender- then when put those chicks back with Lavender you'll get the 50% Black Split (again) and 50% Lavender color - just like Mavericks offspring - Red is really dominant but as you see they no matter what hatch out black, only the Roosters came out with the red and the Isabelle (which is the LAV gene washing the red down as it does to black)

 

[Lil Go Peep]

I will recommend this - if you're working on a color project to produce a breed that is Lavender, which you HAVE to use black if you just want Lavs no other colors-

Like right now I have a runt Lavender hen with my black bantam Cochin, but he's also with all black hens as well - all chicks will hatch black so i technically wouldn't know which chick has the LAV gene because the black to LAV hatches black as well - luckily since I'm working with bantams here the Orpington lays bigger eggs so I I'll know which is which - but in standard size you'd want to keep they separate - so you know which chicks have the LAV gene vs 100% black no gene

I've also have a Standard Black Cochin with Lavender hens - they will hatch out all black but have the LAV gene- then I put those back to lavender to pull out the Lavender color - if I put back to black the LAV won't come out because both parents need that gene to work - I'll have to put Split Roo back to LAV hens to pull out the color with Cochin Characteristics, then rinse and repeat until I get Cochin, no Orpington characteristics that are Lavender color - will for sure be a long process but we'll get there

 

[miasria]

Thank you for your input!! I'll post photos when they hatch.

 

[Lil Go Peep]

Thank you for your input!! I'll post photos when they hatch.

For sure - I'd love to see how next generation comes out being that buff color is in there mixed with the lavender if it comes through again.

How many eggs are you hatching?

 

[miasria]

I have about 100 eggs in incubation.

 

[Lil Go Peep]

I have about 100 eggs in incubation.

Wow so you'll get lots of different ones - I can't wait to see how they come out

 

[miasria]

 

[Lil Go Peep]

I think this is how they may turn out - but I'm guessing because of the buff color - chicks that hatch lavender will have that gold color come through - so they may look like mom but all the black areas will be Lavender - may also have small amounts of gold - some could have the lacing come through as well - there's so many out comes of this crossing -

Since you have the LAV Roo I'd put him back to his Lavender offspring later or put him back to the Split offspring maybe pull less gold more LAV -

Oooo can't wait - when are you expecting the hatch to start popping?

 

[Lil Go Peep]

I tested out your crossing on the chicken calculator and this next bunch will mostly have chicks with the markings like mother - tho some can be just full lavender the ratio it says to hatch 128 eggs tho you may get out of the amount your doing - you won't know until they get older and colors come through- but here's the screen shot of the cross- I opened up the Db gene to show what it affects - E is Lavender - DB comes from the buffs which is markings so the chicks shown with •E•DB will have the Lav Gen with markings and probably the gold color - lavenders below are •E•DB which means they are Lavender with the markings probably gold as well - the list is very long as to the outcome of this next set

 

[miasria]

I have about 100 eggs in incubation.

Here are some of the babies that just hatched

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I am hoping for some Isabel's. I have a couple of black Orpington colors.