Ameraucana breeding question

[OneMountainAcres]

Hey everyone, i need some advice. This is Bandit. He's the best looking boy of the 3 that i hatched from shipped eggs. I know that's not a great picture but you can see his shape anyway. These ameraucanas are all possible lavender splits. The question i have is in twists to his hackles. He had silver-ish "highlights" in them that i just recently noticed. What's is that from our what causes it? Is he ok to breed or should i chose one of the other boys who don't look as good. One has a weird looking comb where the middle row is 3 times longer than than the other two rows making it look like a straight comb in the middle. The other has a bad looking tail. Here are pictures of the highlights.

ETA: it's just the silver looking spots. That list picture looks like he has blonde on his head but that's just light reflecting on his feathers.

 

[Shaffer]

He is fine for your lavenders. You may get some black cockerels that will be acceptable next year for breeding blacks just make sure they have a green sheen and not a purple sheen. His comb is a lot larger than I would prefer. Are you sure the one with a bad tail is not still going thru a molt? If it is wry tail never use it. As long as you clean them up before selling anything you will be fine.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

No he's not going through molt. He actualy just finished growing in his adult feathers. His tail isn't wry tail but it's very low and scraggly looking. Most of my girls have extremely small combs which I know is a good thing so hopefully it'll even out. Thanks for the advice