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you must have blue genes in parents if you breed a splash cochin to a black cochin the result is all blue offspring. the originals you start with need the blue, black, splash genes. if that makes sense to you

could be a reverse paint, or more likely genes not stable for this cross breed back to one side or other, and you will probably get more consistent results.

I would say that's probably right, I expect to come back to red or orange eyes also

i thought blue legs are called slate, not sure

look at my answer, it was posted just after yours. maybe this information will help. it is a gene that you must isolate, to complicate matters some genes are found in conjunction with other genes.such as blue feathers linked to white skin. these genes are very difficult to separate or at times...

you can certainly engineer by breeding to larger or smaller birds, whichever you want. what you are trying to do is isolate the gene that produces the right sized birds you want. here is where it gets complicated. it is not so much how the birds look. it is what they produce. also to produce...