Huh. I always thought that was an individual feather edge. Learn something every day.
So then lavender and self-blue. Are they the same because Self Blue I've seen definately doesn't have that pattern
Well usually those birds aren't handled too much. 4H shows, at least mine, you have to be able to have the bird stand still for a long time and be carried and flipped and have wings touched and spread out and all that without getting too stressed
Unless you have the patience and concentration, I would do one color at a time. You can always do blacks and blues and just sell the resulting splashes as pets.
I hatch as many at a time as I have room to. If you can get them to brood, why not, but know they don't lay eggs while broody or for...