splash? anti splash? ???

[johnskoi]

I completely understand your reticence to bring in new stock, in any way... I'd be severely gunshy of that too if I were in your shoes...

Sometimes it's hard to tell the blacks from the dark blues, yes... look at the 'osprey feathers' to tell the difference... those are the few tattered hard feathers in their wings... you *should* be able to see in those if they are black or dark blue...

Ah, I missed that, didn't realize you had a male DS... yes, if it's recessive then all chicks should be essentially identical... if it's a variation of blue, then you should get blues, blacks and splashes... if it's truly a dark splash, then you should get all splash... whether they will be identical to those or in varying shades will have to be seen... whichever way it is, breeding them only together should give you more answers...

got it!