@TexasBlues, thank you so much for tracking down this interview! Wow, so much WTB breeding information packed into it; the genetics are fascinating.
If you're willing, could you share the name of that WTB Facebook group? It never occurred to me to check FB for WTB enthusiasts.
Again, many...
TexasBlues, thank you for the links! The photo galleries do show off how variable WTB coloring can be. They do all seem to have a fairly sleek body, not heavy girls like my Buff Orp, Barred Rock and Australorp.
WTB Martha's conformation is much like my 2 Eggers, and all 3 of those...
Apparently they come in all kinds of colors; the blue egg-laying is the one constant.
My beloved Martha is white with some silver-gray splashes and a pea comb, and is a champion blue egg layer, very friendly (though very flighty until her hormones hit & she started squatting for me; since...