The lavender color does not exist in silkies naturally, but has to be introduced by way of another breed.  Years of work and development were needed, crossing back to silkies to improve type and keep the color.  A noted breeder in TX has been working on lavender silkies for many years, and for the last five years, we have partnered with him to improve type on these uniquely colored silkies.   The lavender color, also called self-blue, is a steel blue color, very even all over the entire bird, with no lacing in the feathers.  Here are some examples of some of our lavender breeding silkies for this year.  From these birds, we will be hatching chicks that we hope to show in 2008.

A lavender pullet hatched in 2005, she has a vaulted skull, correct toes, very good foot feather and nice type.	One of our original lavender breeding roosters, he has been bred to excellent whites to improve type as well as lavender hens.
One of our original lavender breeding hens, she has produced some very nice chicks.	This pullet is the result of a lavender x white breeding.  As you can see, she is entirely black, with just a hint of brown in the wings.  She is extremely typey, with a large vaulted skull.  She is being bred back to a lavender rooster this year.
A pair of lavender chicks, hatched in 2006	8 Week old lavender chicks

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