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I was doing some digging on Sandhill's website trying to figure out how both lavender and possibly mottling got into what was assumedly Australorps and I found something. If you look at their Mottled Orpingtons listing, they state that they will be "black and white or grayish." What they don't...

Interesting. I know some birds that carry mottling may show some small mottles in their chest, wings, or around their face but I don't know how common it is. I'm still not certain the chicks have it, but it should be fairly obvious once they feather out. Mottled chicks will have black and white...

If the parents had that much white and yellow as chicks, then it must just be a fluke. It's normal for black chicks to have yellow or white bellies and chins, it's just not that common for it to extend up to the top of their heads. I don't think it has anything to do the the lavender, they just...

Yeah, I was asking about the breed because Orpingtons are the only breed I've seen sold as split to lavender and wondered if this could have been a lucky TSC accident. Since they're from Sandhill, I've got no clue on where the color came from. It would be really cool if you ended up with some...

Those chicks look to be lavender. The weird thing is I'm not aware of that gene being in Australorps. I'm not saying you're wrong on the breed, but is there any chance the parents could be black split lavender Orpingtons? On the plus side, I'm going to say that they will certainly keep that...