This trait reduces the comb size by half. This gene acts like a recessive, requires the pea comb, and may need the pea comb gene in a homozygous state. This year I will breed for it. This gene turns black to white. It will take me a few years to get rid of this gene.
Dominant genes are easy to get rid of, while recessive ones are difficult.
In the end, my Red Pyles will be virtually the inverse of the Wheaten line. In other words, wherever there is black in the Wheaten, there will be white in the Red Pyle. I did this purposely for ease of creating three breeds. So far, my good breeder hens are smaller than the other breeds and still have white legs. This is being passed down from Great Grandma Wheaten and may take me one more year to get yellow feathered legs in the Wheatens.