Quote Originally Posted by piedpipper View Post
That makes more sense. For a gene to just pop out randomly from two parents unlike it makes you think it would be recessive. However if that is the case wouldn't you try breeding him back to the mother? Or is that one of the expected clutches?
I did breed him back to mom. She laid a small clutch of 5 eggs and 4 slugs; however, 2 eggs went bad right away. So, this years hopes depend on 3 eggs...