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Thanks, Kev. Yes that all makes sense. I know that I was vastly oversimplifying things, but that seesm to be the norm in genetic studies from Gregor Mendel to the punnet square. It is really amazying that that little box holds true for such complicated genetic studies. I did not know the...

I think when referring to something as split, it continues to resemble the wild type (blue) with slight differences like white flight feathers. A split trait is "hidden" and can be passed down in its pure form as in my purple hen who is completely purple looking. A spalding is a mixture of...

OK, Kev, here goes... AS I see it, which may not be correct, there are two loci for color genes, one one the "color chromosome", if I may, and one on the sex chromosome. Any allel on the sex chromosome of a hen is dominate to the others, thus resulting in phenotypic display of that character...

No, I didn't have a clue that the bird could be split to purple and another color, but a pattern, yes. I thought the mystery of the male had been solved. I know nothing about the ancestry of these birds. This is not a test. This is just my stupid self trying to figure out what I have for the...

Upon further review, I would need a white male. We know my guy is split to purple. It is the hen we do not know about.

Thanks Kev and Deerman. Things make more sense now, and I will get that white hen someday. Mitch

OK. The more I think, the worse my confusion gets. We know the dad is split to purple becaues the mom would be purple if she had even one of those genes. And, the dad is sprouting eye feathers now, and they are not white, so far (he is two going on three, so this is his first year with them...

Awesome! The parents are both unknown IB splits, the father obviously purple, the hen white eye?

Thanks, Deerman. Do some IB's have some white on their shoulders when they are young? I know it does not look anything like the pied on eggbid which has much brighter white.

This guy has always had some faint white on his shoulders. Is he pied? And is the hen purple? Thanks, Mitch.