Will a Black Bird with a Couple White Feathers in Wings be Disqualified in a Show?

(Sorry for bad grammar) I mean how much culling are you having to do to produce good pure birds.

(I am myself starting to work on pure black and black breasted red birds and want to know how much culling, selective breed, inbreeding will be required)
I started with six pullets and got rid of two so far. One more and hen to go in a couple weeks. I am looking to keep pullets with best muscle mass, feather growth (not color), and apparent symmetry. A final culling where I am down to one pullet may take place at time breeding pens are setup in roughly April. They will be linebred back to father. Process will be repeated next year. Process is not selecting for change, rather elimination of foreign alleles coming from hen. Selection to remove white feathers, if done at all, will not commence until after first round of linebreeding completed.
 

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