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I’m not saying you should, but self blue is a phenotype, not a genotype. Yeah, Andalusians sure are perfect. Unfortunately, Cochins will never get there, unless you crossed them. True Andalusian blue is caused by ML but also Pg, which allows black pigment granules to be produced on the edges of...

“Self-blue” is a term for a pale, even shade of blue. Usually it means lavender but if a blue bird is pale and even you can show it as self-blue.

If you don't want splash chicks, you could breed black to blue. You will get half black chicks and half blue chicks, never any splash. Focusing on one color would be easiest, but black and blue would be pretty doable. That's a good idea- would it be harder to work on color/patterning on one...

Do you ever sell unwanted cockerels and pullets as 'show quality xyz', or do you cull all of them? I usually am not bold enough to call them that. As they are culls, they aren’t show quality. I simply call them “xyz cockerels” or “xyz pullets,” and if their merits sell them, good for them. I...

These are great questions. I love SOP questions because I love seeing people interested in breeding. The problem with this is that splash is not a recognized color for cochins. Correct for the LF, but they are accepted in the bantams, so it depends upon which of those you’re interested in. Would...