Not gonna argue further, but my only Easter Egger rooster at the time is Silver which makes it impossible for him to be father. But I'll let you keep believing what you want.But Malays of any kind also don't lay blue-shelled eggs. The trait hiding in a line for any amount of time is highly unlikely as it is a dominant trait. Coupled with him not really looking like a pure Malay (or weirdly being the only one you've hatched that has all this variation you describe when the rest of your Malays more or less look like Malays) kinda indicates that another breed tainted your line at some point.
As far as the preen gland thing goes, several of my Cochin bantams have double preen glands and they are not oriental games. Oriental game is in the background of several common breeds, and a recessive trait, especially one impacting a part of the body that most people don't even look at unless there's a problem with it, sometimes not even then, is much more likely to go sight unseen in a line for many generations. That just isn't enough evidence that he's pure and you should know this as much as the rest of us.
You yourself have admitted you had your Malays in a mixed flock with other roosters when Long was hatched, so you absolutely cannot rule out him being a mix no matter how much you want to. An honest and logically-thinking breeder would look at that bird, look at all the facts, and think, yeah, he's most likely a mix-up, but to you it's always a throw back or a mutation. Then you blast pictures everywhere like it's fact and mislead people instead of being honest and saying, look, this is what I think but it is weird so could also be this instead. And when others point out that something's not right with your logic, you get defensive, you argue, and you cherry-pick sentences out of sources that don't actually prove your point. This is not the behavior of an educator or an expert of any kind. It's just... sad.It's okay to be wrong sometimes, trust me, I definitely know! Learning from your mistakes is much better than doubling down on them and spreading misinformation.
Crossed back to a Malay, I assume, so it makes sense that he would regain more of those Malayoid traits even if only three-quarters Malay. Also, I'm sure you're aware, but he's got a pretty bad hip deformity and duck foot so probably should not be bred forward.
Get yourself actual Indian Malays, & actually work with them.
Son had an injury, of the pelvis.
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Yes, as Troyer said, dun is a partial dominant like blue, so expresses if any copies are present. I can definitely see why you would think dun with that coloring, though. I see the resemblance!
I think you should get bobtails too! Help us figure out the genetic mystery! I can’t wait to see what a modern game Cochin looks like 
I really should get some Bobtails. I have visions of silkied Bobtails in my future 
