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This is a blue cockerel from Halo's breeding. I hatched him, but no longer have him. It was my understanding that all blue, ( not self blue, or lavender) is from Andalusian blue which is laced. If that is not correct, then I don't know how the lacing got in these birds, but they all have it, even the barred males. ........stan
Andalusians were the original blue source, but the pattern gene that is needed for proper Andalusian lacing seems to have been lost along the way of creating most of the current blue varieties. I've observed that the pattern gene and barring together in the same bird really messes up the barring, so I doubt that the Good Shepherd birds introduced Pg. More than likely, they were carrying Columbian (Co) and/or some other combination of genes that allowed the lacing (Pg) to express itself like it wasn't able to before you did the cross.
I do not see the same lacing in this cockerel that I do in the pullet Brookhavens posted earlier. I would consider his to be edging, not lacing. The tell is to pluck a feather and view it against a white background. Edging is nearly transparent; lacing is definitely black.
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