I am not sure I agree. Silver pied is a further modification of pied, white or white eye. That much we know is true. All three ingredients are required to have silver pied. Nothing is technically hidden.
You can hide the silver pied gene if one of the other ingredients are not present...
Oh I remember those. I remember Othman talking to Brad and he said they were Cameo. I also remember thinking that I hoped Othman did some breeding test with them!
If those hens are Cameo split opal they would produce 50% Opal and 50% IB if bred to an Opal Male. All of the males would be...
I am completely lost. Where are the pictures of the birds we are talking about?
A split opal bird, either IB or any other color, would not show an opal influence.