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I WAS CLOSE!!
Page 75 of my new book:
"Lavender is very near to a gene that stops feather growth. The feathers stop growing forever. Don't breed with these birds. Recessive genes are dangerous; you don't see them in one dose. Two doses give the above result."
The problem is definitely with the porcelain boy, since the issue never occured with my lav boy.
I will not be repeating this experiment.
I don't want to keep the porcelain roo, anyway. I don't know his parentage, but he gave me what I wanted in my butterscotch birds. Better than I expected, as it turns out!!
He must have buff contributing to that yellow, because with the splash hen he's thrown creamy white birds as well as GN, or splash birds. The splash birds have very little blue in them. But the creamy birds are showing no blue and are gorgeous, so far. I have exactly 50% of each type of bird from this breeding.
If my breeding program didn't have to fit into my backyard I'd keep this boy and let him throw me more creamy birds. They are so elegant looking!
But I already have plans for these current, cream-colored ladies
So, anybody nearby need a arrogant, mostly yellow, porcelain rooster? He can't stay in the bachelor pen because he picks fights. He can't stay with his broody girlfriend because he messes with her. He can't stay with the 'teenagers' because he's mean to them
constantly. So he's living in the shed brooder at night and the temp pen during the day.