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Wow, sounds like quite a task! I can see why its such a prevalent issue that's hard to break. It would require a LOT of meticulous record keeping not to mention the hassle of single breeding and rotating the One good male, IF he were to hatch. By breeding back to brown it just masks the fray...

How would one eventually breed out the 'fray' issue? They way I understand, after a few generations the straw and lavender will become so washed out that it would need to be crossed back to brown to bring the color back in. So one would be fighting against maintaining color to rid the fray?

Actually the mottling gene is already there. All I'm trying to do is play around a little and get back to making more Isabel mottled. I got what were advertised as Lavender Mottled LHs from someone on my local CL. I asked her where the parent stock came from and turns out they were from Eye Of...

Thanks for your input! I am definitely looking to get good quality so that helps quite a bit! I'm working with Isabel mottled leghorns as of right now. Currently I only have a trio. My idea is kind of back pedaling a bit, but being that the only genetics I know is on paper, I will start by...

I am looking into getting some light brown leghorns this spring for a breeding project. I've seen light browns, danish, and light brown with danish. Genetically speaking what is the difference? What added color genes would I be looking at with the danish vs regular light browns?