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The Blue Palm actually comes in two different slate color forms, blue palm which is heterozygous for the dominant slate mutation and a self-blue (aka lavender) which is homozygous for dominant slate. Due to the nature of the slate gene, when breeding blue palms together 3 color types will be produced, blue palm, self-blue (lavender) palm and royal palm.
One way to get 100% blue palm types would be to breed self-blue palm to blue palm, then only blue palms will result in both color variations, with no royal palms being produced.
Self-Blue (Lavender)Palms will breed true bred to the same. These are a bit paler blue than the single slate gene type.
Genotype for Blue Palm: b'b' cgcg Dd nn (toms) or n- (hens) Genotype for Self-Blue (Lavender) Palm: b'b' cgcg DD nn (toms) or n- (hens)
Black winged bronze based with gray slate and Narragansett.
Approx. weights: Old toms 22 lbs and old hens 12 lbs.
(Above) Blue Palm
(Above pic) Self Blue Palm aka Lavender Palm