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Great point! You are absolutely correct about the feather quality- it isn't present in the Splits, so it wouldn't show in the Blues or Splashes if they were Split.
Lavender can vary in the degree to which it makes the feathers react- some look just raggedy and awful, others look fine-...
I'm pretty sure I know where you are coming from but I think its discouraged because you have those recessive genes out there and you might not know when they pop up. But I read with the lavender gene may come poor feather quality. I wouldn't want that in my line. I have noticed at least with...
I agree. You could confuse the splashes and lavenders messing up your lines. You could breed the mistaken bird to a blue and mess up your line.... I do agree black birds would be best