I just hatched out 2 Black/Lavender split chicks, and am surprized at the size and weight of the chicks. Sure was hoping for Lavenders, but I\'m VERY HAPPY with these babies. They\'re as large as some of the Cuckoo Marans chicks.
Only one of the four eggs didn\'t develop.
The last egg came from the group of 5 females that hadn\'t been with the Lav male but two weeks, and that chick hatched out solid white! Obviously my white roo breed my female (no surprise, I didn\'t try to prevent it) and the sperm was still viable.
John, am I correct to assume you have no recessive white in this line, so my white rooster and the new white chick would have to be dominate white?