Cameo vs Purple hens

scootj79

Chirping
5 Years
Apr 29, 2014
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Roscommon, MI
Is body color of a cameo hen different than a purple hen other than purple hen has purple iridescence on their neck? Both body colors are different than standard india blue hens correct? Been in peafowl for a while and this one is confusing me some... lol
 
Purple hens are much darker, and yes they some color on their neck, if there is a blue or a green color on their neck then they aren't cameo.
 




Here are my Purple Black Shoulder (top) and Cameo Split Pied (bottom) a few days after I bought them back in August. They're both Spalding, so they both have green showing up in their necks now.


This was my Cameo from last week at a vet visit. I don't have any close ups of the Purple since they're both not really keen on being handled, but here's some shots at a distance:


From yesterday.


From August.

Sometimes, they do have a similar colour from a distance, but the Cameo is a lot darker and the Purple doesn't have whatever the technical term for the eyeliner patterning is.
 

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