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post #11 of 30
8/22/12 at 8:12pm
I agree with Pedda and Arbor. Peach pied hen.
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post #12 of 30
8/22/12 at 10:34pm

Send here here,,we'll take her and give her a nice place at Pea Palace

Bronze, Opal B/S, Midnight B/S, Purple B/S. Black Shoulder Silver Pied ,Cameo w/e, Peach, India Blue, Taupe, Charcoal

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Bronze, Opal B/S, Midnight B/S, Purple B/S. Black Shoulder Silver Pied ,Cameo w/e, Peach, India Blue, Taupe, Charcoal

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post #13 of 30
8/22/12 at 10:38pm
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could she be a purple blackshoulder? I'm guessing cause I have nothing to compare her with LOL

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post #14 of 30
8/23/12 at 4:16am
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could she be a purple blackshoulder? I'm guessing cause I have nothing to compare her with LOL

I don't think so, she is too orange in colour to be a purple.

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post #15 of 30
8/23/12 at 4:21am
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I couldn't seperate the birds this year except the charcoals. The October storm took almost all me pens down. We got the main pen and the charcoal one finished but it took us longer to get the other done. My hens with white are as follows: 2 white hens and 2 silver pied. My IB peacock split to peach was born in 2010. Granted I did see him try to breed but the hen would not let him, but that doesn't mean that he didn't on another day but I thought he was to young?

With having 2 white hens, your IB split to peach is quite possibly dark pied.  Being born in 2010, he is only 2, but many get some fertility out of their 2 year old males (I haven't yet, and I don't count on it).  My friend's IBBS was only fertile for the first 2 eggs of 30 something that I incubated when he was 2, but its not uncommon to get some later in year as well.

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post #16 of 30
8/23/12 at 11:07am

My purple blackshoulder hens get darker feathers at that age.  A plain purple hen or purple pied hen might look like that though I guess.  I don't see purple as a possibility with his birds though.

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post #17 of 30
8/23/12 at 9:41pm
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I am thinking it is a purple BS. I believe it was frenchblackcopper who said the hens hold thier color longer then the males so we will see if it darkens up or lightens up LOL I just cannot see the 2 year old scoring in a pen with all the other males with tails. I would hope and love it to be a peach pied but I do not have that much luck LOL

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Dogs: Joxer, Delta, ChiAna, Padmae, Phoebe and Payton. Peafowl: BS, Charcoal W/E, Silver Pied, White, IB, Peach, Bronze and Purple Spalding. Pair Emu. Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Hens. Member of UPA - www.peafowl.org

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post #18 of 30
8/24/12 at 5:28am

Did it hatch out white with the tan color on wings then it probably is purple BS but if it didn't it probably is the peach pied like they say. Last year I had better fertility from my purple BS male when he was only two then this year when when he was three had to put 6 foot high sight barriers at outside roost sites helped with fertility

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post #19 of 30
8/24/12 at 5:37am

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post #20 of 30
8/24/12 at 9:48am
Looks like a BS purple.
Could also be white eye.
Just because a bird has white flights does not mean they are always split to white.
We have peafowl with white flights that are not split to white.
It's possible she could be peach, but she does not look like any peach I have, or hatched especially her head and neck area.
Will be interesting to watch her mature.

Keep everyone updated!
Edited by Bigcreekpeafowl - 8/24/12 at 11:01am
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