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The pattern is "dark check" so there is more pigment, then the extra darkness is from the "dirty" modifier gene.

I started a page on the St-locus on the wiki a while ago but never finished it. I have plans to re-do and expand all the gene-specific info on the site eventually... but time unfortunately is the limiting factor.

Stippers change each moult, tigers only change on the first.

Maybe a recessive opal spread tiger grizzle? Or a St allele perhaps.

Yea - infertile birds are usually still capable of being used for foster parenting.

I'd recommend looking up the Eijerkamp and Herbots secection criteria - they're a very good place to start!

No, he won't lighten with age. Sooty is separate to the pattern (and dirty). The next step is to breed some without the sooty "contamination", and ideally have some racing within a few years. I did race this bird's blue bar siblings, but was disappointed with their performance. Hopefully a...

Yes, 110% definitely blue

It is a very young bird in it's baby feathers - It'll change a lot over the next few months.

The black feet are caused by the dirty gene (V). They'll revert to the normal red/orange as the bird grows.

On a racing sheet this would be called a "mealy white flight".