We got her from the feed store, she was an assorted bantam order. The other two we got look just like the breeds they're supposed to be. She's just special I guess.
What's a spit lav bird?
its a recessive gene
if you cross a lavender coloured bird with a non lavender coloured bird you get a bird that looks like the non lavender bird (basically like the original non lav bird) but with the lavender gene inside hidden away for future use
this is referred to as split lav
then if you cross a split lav with another split lav you will get 25% Lavender, 50% Split lav, 25% original offspring like parents
so if you cross a black game with a lav bird (lets say a lavender Orpington) then you get all black bird with split lav gene
get those offspring boy and girl and mate them together and you get the above ratio
if you where to keep the shape and size birds that looked like game rather than orps then your birds will look like games with tiny indifferences as yours are
then if you get 2 lav birds and breed them then you get breeding true
which is breeding as lavs every time
your lavs is not bred true just yet as it has white leakage
its almost like a mottled colour
