Splash ladies for Mauve project!

[Jorge Gutierrez]

Looking for close to SOP splash pullets or hens that are still laying...
I'm located in southern California!

[Mike Gilbert]

Jorge, why splash?   I'm not familiar with the genetics of mauve since it is not a color variety recognized by the Standards.   What do you need to bring together to make it?

[Justin Snyder]

Mike, mauve is chocolate on blue rather than black.
Breeding a chocolate rooster over splash hens will give you all blue males and mauve females.

[Mike Gilbert]

Do you have any photos of Mauve in any breed?   It does not sound appealing to me at all, but as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

[Kalin McClure]

Here's a mauve Orpington (not mine).

I quite like the color!

[Mike Gilbert]

My reaction: