On the rumpless issue I must argue with your statement Sara. "VERY Good lines" do breed rumpless with MAYBE 1 in 500 showing any sign of a tail. Secondly, the first thing one should do, is NEVER allow a tailed or part tailed bird to breed into your lines. It takes years to get rid of the problem.
Tufted to tufted gives two copies of the gene and that tends to be deadly. So yes, you have to maintain tufted and clean faced birds.
Tufted to tufted gives two copies of the gene and that tends to be deadly. So yes, you have to maintain tufted and clean faced birds.