A lavender RIR (genotype e+/e+, Co/Co, Mh/Mh, lav/lav) is referred to as a “Lavender Patterned Buff Columbian.” This is what they would look like, washed out RIRs with lavender replacing any black in the bird.
So does the lavender affect the colour of the buff or is it just a light buff?
I'm finding this interesting because I want to work on a similar colour but with blue, not lavender, the problem being finding blue based Sussex is a whole lot harder than lavender ones...
So does the lavender affect the colour of the buff or is it just a light buff?
I'm finding this interesting because I want to work on a similar colour but with blue, not lavender, the problem being finding blue based Sussex is a whole lot harder than lavender ones...
Ok, I got some Leghorn eggs from a suspicious backwoods breeder behind a gas station late one night. I hatched 8 of these BGD eggs and now I need to know the sex and see what we think about their colors.
It looks like my Legbars have silver and not cream after all. They have been kind of a conundrum for me trying to figure out what genes were causing their dilution if you all remember. This has been a huge “ah ha” moment. The double barred silver naked necker/Legbar cross cockerel I raised proves it. He is a crele silver duckwing, two copies of silver and two copies of barring. The little silver wing triangle is only seen in SDW, hence the name. The only way it would be possible for him to inherit two copies of silver is if the Legbar hen was a crele silver duckwing. So not a true “Cream” Legbar at all. Some of my hens are gold crele, no silver, no cream. The hens I thought were Cream, are actually silver. And the males are silver/gold duckwing.
Here are some updated pics of the little silver crele NN. He is a cutie. His comb lops over because of his crest though. I had decided even before this realization to stop raising the Legbars pure since we have so many irons in the fire and will just use the hens in the Naked Necked Easter Egger (Red Necker) project. lol.
(Pardon the Gold Legbar looking hen’s crest. They are all looking pretty bedraggled from the molt). And my apologies for muddying up the Leghorn thread with my little Red Necker, but he was the key to me finally getting my answer, so I had to share.
Ah, but lavender isn't really lavender its light gray but we call it lavender. Its a buffish color they call Isabel or Isabella and is closest to pink one would ever get in chickens besides salmon.
There was a thread on making pink chickens as a project.
Seen some Isabella wheaten Ameraucana that the females look slightly pink depending on your definition of pink that is.
I was thinking seems like a red chicken would need to be the starting point. Makes since red would be closest to pink.
I also think the lavender gene would be the smartest dilute gene to think about.
From there it'd be a matter of any other genes to get closer.
There's mahogany to darken then the dilute gene used to turn red to buff. Legbars creme gene, etc.
It'd be mix and match and see the outcome. I really haven't put much thought into it because I have no interest in a pink chicken and if they're thinking a true pink color I don't think it's possible.
Ok, I got some Leghorn eggs from a suspicious backwoods breeder behind a gas station late one night. I hatched 8 of these BGD eggs and now I need to know the sex and see what we think about their colors.
Its a buffish color they call Isabel or Isabella and is closest to pink one would ever get in chickens besides salmon.
