orpington breed.....

[lovemabirds]

How do you know you orpingtons carry the lavender gene???????

 

[QueenMisha]

If you didn't know the ancestry, but suspected the may carry Lavender (Lav. split), you would have to breed them to another carrier or to a Lavender; if some of the offspring are Lavender, then yes, that bird is a Lav split. But unless they have recent Lavender in their ancestry, it's not all that likely that they do carry the gene.