I love the color and will probably keep few of them. It's similar to the isabel color which is 2 copies of lavender over buff. Generally people call it porcelain in silkies.
I think I like the stronger pigmentation that you see in the lavender partridge.
On another note. I need to see if I can get a picture of some of my hens that resulted from crossing in a totally unrelated hen. They almost look more buff, but have given me some great chicks that are normal partridge. I wasn't actually going for hatching that hen's eggs and separated them out of batches for the longest time as she lays a bit lighter of an egg. When I hatched one just to see if I could get a daughter that was as good of a broody I was shocked how the pullet grew up. The mother isn't very fluffy and had a pathetic excuse for a crest. Her descendants have been my fluffiest birds with the biggest crests. She is the friendliest chicken I'd ever seen to that point. That temperament passed on pretty well too. I have a son and great grandson who are stalkers for attention and they were never handled really as chicks.
Tripping over silkies is a real risk for me as they just have to get near me. The only bird in the silkie pens that doesn't rush me is the species confused quail. He showed up a year ago and decided he was a silkie.
I think I like the stronger pigmentation that you see in the lavender partridge.
On another note. I need to see if I can get a picture of some of my hens that resulted from crossing in a totally unrelated hen. They almost look more buff, but have given me some great chicks that are normal partridge. I wasn't actually going for hatching that hen's eggs and separated them out of batches for the longest time as she lays a bit lighter of an egg. When I hatched one just to see if I could get a daughter that was as good of a broody I was shocked how the pullet grew up. The mother isn't very fluffy and had a pathetic excuse for a crest. Her descendants have been my fluffiest birds with the biggest crests. She is the friendliest chicken I'd ever seen to that point. That temperament passed on pretty well too. I have a son and great grandson who are stalkers for attention and they were never handled really as chicks.
Tripping over silkies is a real risk for me as they just have to get near me. The only bird in the silkie pens that doesn't rush me is the species confused quail. He showed up a year ago and decided he was a silkie.
