Lavender and Lavender Cuckoo (provisional standards) in OZ

LAVENDER AORC (Any Other Recognised Colour)
 # update = as of 2022 (decades after its development in the breed) this colour is still not recognised in the APS* for Orpingtons
* Australian Poultry Standard

both sexes = a true breeding Lavender displaying as an iridescent, pale silvery blue tending towards a dove grey = very faint pinkish tinge
(the colour not to be confused with the pale blue)

both sexes = must display the colour evenly throughout entire feather 
with a slate shaft to each feather, white shafts not permitted

both sexes = the colour must be of the one uniform shade and be even across the entire body
Males hackles and saddles to have more lustre than the female counterpart
NO creaminess or yellowing in feathers allowed

Plumage faults - unwebbed feathers in the tail, cushion and coverts. White shafts to feathers.
These faults must be penalised

Colour faults - dark coloured ticking in hackles. yellowing or creamy discolouration in feathers, especially
in the hackle and/or saddle or wings. Barring or lacing in any of the plumage.

Comb, Wattles, Face, Earlobes - red
Eyes - black or dark brown
Beak, Legs and Feet - black or blue (slate)
Soles of feet - white
Skin - white
Toenails - white

Type (body shape overall) MUST conform to the Orpington Standard
if the bird exhibits traits not corresponding closely with the Orpington Type/Standard it should be considered 
not a good Orpington


LAVENDER CUCKOO AOC (Any Other Colour) 
 # update - as of 2022 (decades after its development in the breed) this colour is still not recognised in the APS* for Orpingtons - it is not in the APS*

* Australian Poultry Standard


the Cuckoo pattern can be either
Lavender and Grey barring (preferred)
or 
Lavender and White barring

both sexes =
the pattern must be either of the mentioned colour variants with feathers in all sections crossed 
their entire length by irregular Lavender and Grey or Lavender and White bars
the Lavender to stop short of being a dark Lavender,
the tip of each feather must be Lavender
the Lavender to display as an iridescent, pale silvery blue tending towards dove grey = a very faint pinkish tinge
(not to be confused with the pale blue)

Excellence to be determined by the distinct contrasts with an overall blending of the sections. 

Both sexes - the colour must be uniform and even across the body/throughout the pattern
Males hackles and saddles to have more lustre than the female counterpart but NO creaminess or yellowing 
in the feathers allowed

Plumage faults - unwebbed feathers in the tail, cushion and coverts. This fault must be penalised

Colour faults - creaminess or yellowing

Eyes, Comb, Face, Wattles and Earlobes - red
Beak - white
Shanks - white with some slate mottling allowed (no more than 10% mottling)
Feet,Soles of Feet and Toenails - white

Type (body shape overall) MUST conform to the Orpington Standard
if the bird exhibits traits not corresponding closely with the Orpington Type/Standard it should be considered
​not a good Orpington