My head hurts! Breeding Mauve Orpingtons

[JKYoung]

Ok, I bred my splash hen to a choc cock.  Got some mauve pullets.  Now what do I need to breed those to?

One of my Mauve girls

I have a mystery pullet I recently purchased from someone breeging blue Orpingtons and chocolate Orpingtons. The above linked chicken looks the most like my pullets coloring I have seen. Is that sex linked chocolate with blue? My pullet:

 

[JKYoung]

I have a mystery pullet I recently purchased from someone breeging blue Orpingtons and chocolate Orpingtons. The above linked chicken looks the most like my pullets coloring I have seen. Is that sex linked chocolate with blue? My pullet:

Better picture of my Orpingtons color:

does this look like chocolate or dun Orpington crossed with blue?

 

[paigenv1]

Anyone figured out how to get a mauve rooster?

 

[The Moonshiner]

Anyone figured out how to get a mauve rooster?

Chocolate rooster x chocolate + blue hen = 1/2 cockerels mauve
Chocolate + blue rooster x chocolate hen = 1/2 cockerels mauve
Chocolate rooster x chocolate + splash hen = all cockerels mauve
Chocolate + splash x chocolate hen = all cockerels mauve
Chocolate + blue rooster x chocolate + blue hen = 1/2 cockerels mauve
Chocolate + blue rooster x chocolate + splash hen = 1/2 cockerels mauve
Chocolate + splash rooster x chocolate + blue hen = 1/2 cockerles mauve

You can use a black split to chocolate rooster in place of all the above roosters but then 1/2 of the cockerels will be black instead of chocolate so in theory only half of the above percentages would be mauve.

 

[JKYoung]

Anyone figured out how to get a mauve rooster?

Chocolate Male x Mauve Female= 25% Mauve Females, 25% Chocolate Females, 25% Blue Males(Split) and 25% Mauve Males


I think this is about right but I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong. this is all based on sex linked Chocolate not Dun.

 

[JKYoung]

@The Moonshiner What do you think of the pictures above of my Mauve pullet? Does she look Mauve to you? or some other combination? I have no idea her parents....

 

[The Moonshiner]

@The Moonshiner
 What do you think of the pictures above of my Mauve pullet? Does she look Mauve to you? or some other combination? I have no idea her parents....

Idk.
Ive never even seen a mauve in person.
Just pictures and they werent my thing so i dont know much at all about them.

 

[shobach]

Hallo.
Can any one help me with guidance to the show standards of a mauve chicken please.

 

[The Moonshiner]

There is no show standard for a mauve chicken.
Chickens are shown by breed. And split into varieties of the breed.
Mauve orpingtons are not a recognized variety.
And as far as I know there is no breed that mauve is a recognized color.

 

[LilyD]

Mauve occurs when chocolate and blue both express themselves on the same chicken. It is almost a purple brown color much the same to lilac in Muscovy ducks which is a blend of blue and chocolate genes. My chocolate cockerel is much darker than that so chances are your pullet is mauve.

My chocolate mottled hen she is very dark brown. Yours looks more like a blend between a brown and a blue.