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Well, conventional logic would say yes. But eye color is a HUGE mystery still, even with the experts. It just has not been studied well, and as I mentioned when I first posted on this thread, why don't all those overdark hens have dark eyes? I don't see a correlation between eye color and melanization in BCM.
The Id gene that inhibits shank melanization in BCM works pretty well. Males get a double dose, so it does a good job of lightening the shanks and evening out differences between birds of different melanization levels. They have gray still in there, and I don't think pale shanks on a dark bird is an indicator of eWh cross unless they are that clear pink. That's just my opinion though.
I have some wheatens and whites that I am growing out right now, they're just 10 days old now. I'm seeing variation in the shanks already. Wheatens are clear shanked right from the beginning, the whites are recessive white on E with Id. So some of them are still showing some blue/grey in their shanks right now.
I don't pay too much attention to eye color in chicks because I have had blue copper chicks in the past that have had almost black looking eyes and then at near adulthood turned the proper pumpkin color. Also, had some with light eyes that darkened up to the correct color. I wonder if it has to do with different lines or something. I am keeping better track since I started noticing.
