I raised lavender Orps back when they first got popular and never had that. IDK
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I think it just makes them look fluffy.I was lucky enough to get a 3 hens and a rooster from 4 Lavender Orpington eggs I hatched (unheard of for me- I always get 75% roosters!)
Two of the hens (the two prettiest) have shredded looking feathers. But their colour is just gorgeous. One is almost white, and the other, the palest grey. My 3rd hen has normal looking feathers but she is a slightly darker grey and I don't think as pretty. My rooster also does not have shredded feathers- and he is a lovely pale grey also.
QUESTION- if I breed him with the two hens who have shredder gene- what are the chances that the chicks will inherit the shredder gene?
Is it 50% ? 100% ? or just random?