ha funny tara I woke up thinking about breeder selection today and peeked in here and just saw your post :) was opening it up for discussion in dixie :)
I dont k now with chickens but I know with rabbits it caused a brittling and issue with the texture and other things on the lavender rabbits fur. My casual understanding is the lavender gene causes issues with brittle feathers and general feather health not quite up to snuff ? am I right in...