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Exactly! That was my point when I posted the pics, I know the background because I bred the birds. But it has been my experience, with my stock, that the Split Lavs, that do and will, produce the Lavender color, have chipmunk stripes when born, then molt out to Blue or Black or Splash etc. The Split/Blues that I have, have gone on to molt lighter as they aged. The color on them is not a true Blue, in the normal sense, and can easily be seen when put next to a "regular" blue. I think the key for people to understand is exactly like Sonoran said:
"Lavender is a recessive gene, and it is not leaky--if a bird carries one copy (split), you will only know it from breeding records, not from appearance. If you breed splits back to their lavender parent or to each other you will get some who are lavender. However, that does not turn OFF other colours genetically present--blues and splash will still have the characteristics of blue or splash; appearance will be closer to blue or splash than to lavender."
This exactly explains the "purple tinge" hen and others that I have in my breeder pens.
Thank you Suze for putting this out in such and easy way for others to understand, you explained it much easier than I have been able to.
