hey Misty,
yep they do have some excellent foot feathering. It's definately blue though in their color, not lavender. On lavender birds you cant have red, if it's present they'd look like porcelains in the red areas.
Thinking the first is just a blue mille with a good bit of extra white in the patterning is all now after seeing a younger pic, same deal, if it were splash, they'd be more washed out.
That other one just has to be a blue mottled x mille. came out out mostly blue mottled with red leakage from the columbian in the mille
I had suspected blue, but sometimes it's so light, I question myself about possible lavender...Which both boys have in their heritage. I have pure lav's, but sometimes these colors can be 'sneaky' on me...especially on project birds 
I appreciate all the awesome info and kind comments. Believe I will try both boys on solid blue girls and solid black ladies too?? (Suggestions)...I'm interested to see how the 'calico' boys color will produce. Have you ran across this in any of your previous d'uccle breedings or current danvers?? He's so odd, but has great beard/muffs and excellent feet...would be a shame (impo) to not use him??
nope not yet.
Yes the recessive colors can sneak up on you if the right combos hit. But on the lavender, both parents have to have it for the offspring to show it. And I wasnt thinking earlier about it, but you'll never have red on a lavender based bird, it will always get bleached out...so we can rule that out for sure.
If you continue over solid colored girls, it's going to remove the mottling from their chicks. It takes both parents on that too for the mottling to show. But it may help show the base color.
If you have girls like that "calico" one...I'd breed to them and see if it will breed true, or if you end up getting some blue mottled and some blue mille
I have blue/blk mottles as well as splash girls. Should I go this route? THe chicks are to young to breed yet, so that's not an option...Thoughts ?? 
I would like to continue working with both B-n-B colorations...if possible.
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