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HarryS:
I believe breeding blues to lavenders was a myth that was created by the Brits for the Orpingtons.  Blue to lavender is very confusing for the beginners.  You go on some of the Brits Orp sites and you will see several of them had crossed them.  Their birds are exhibiting lavender with the blue capes on the males which is an obvious give away that they crossed blue with lavender.

Blue to lavender I believe is better than black to lavender because the blues are suppose to be silver base and the blacks should be gold base.  I have noticed that lavenders come in two shades which may constitute that the darker ones carry a gold base and the lighter ones carry the silver base.  I prefer the lighter colored lavenders over the ones that are darker pewter colored birds.  This is only an observation without any scientific study. 

Lee G:
Interesting observations Harry, thank you for sharing them.  :)

jerryse:
I did a lavender x blue cross 2 or 3 years ago just to see . They were not extra light like some predicted . They had ink spots like blues but looked lavender . I sent them all to freezer camp .

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