I am new to this forum but have some questions about some birds that I bred this spring. I was given what is most likely an Ameraucana mix hen last year. She was brown with blue base to all her feathers. I bred her to my white Ameraucana Roo and came up with an interesting combination of birds. 3 birds are blue-ish with white and reddish buff, all 3 have blue heads and one, possibly a roo, has soft blue feathers with the reddish buff, the other 2 have more white. There is another bird that has the coloring of it\'s dam, the rest look like typical easter-egger mix that is often sold as Ameraucana by hatcheries with several of them having black head coloring. I am not familiar at all with the genes that involve lavender but am familiar with the genetics of blue/splash/black and this is definitely not the same so I am guessing it is the lavender. I would appreciate some input from others that are more familiar with this color. Thanks
Teri in Az