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post #1 of 10
8/31/12 at 4:21pm
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Ok friends, I hatched this baby from on egg in one of our pens.  Can anyone help with color as I am at a loss as to what color it is.

 

 

 

Married to the most wonderful wife, dad to four kids!!!!     Our birds:   Peafowl-  India Blue, Midnight Blackshoulders, Whites, Purple white eye , Blackshoulders and Pieds.  Pheasants: Red Goldens, Silvers, Lady Amherst, Swinhoes,  3 Guineas  1 Dog    2 Cats    and a goldfish pond with fish, koi, and some nice frogs.
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Married to the most wonderful wife, dad to four kids!!!!     Our birds:   Peafowl-  India Blue, Midnight Blackshoulders, Whites, Purple white eye , Blackshoulders and Pieds.  Pheasants: Red Goldens, Silvers, Lady Amherst, Swinhoes,  3 Guineas  1 Dog    2 Cats    and a goldfish pond with fish, koi, and some nice frogs.
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post #2 of 10
8/31/12 at 5:21pm

Not sure, don't look like cameo , peach or oaten.

 

Someone a while back posted photos of a peahen kinda like that but no one ever figured out what color she was.

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post #3 of 10
8/31/12 at 5:40pm
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that is why i am stumped, i do not have any cameos here.  I have a purple male with two india blue hens but it is way too light to be a purple in my opinion.  I have bronze blackshoulders but it does not look blackshoulder too me and once again light i think.  It sure has me stumped.

Married to the most wonderful wife, dad to four kids!!!!     Our birds:   Peafowl-  India Blue, Midnight Blackshoulders, Whites, Purple white eye , Blackshoulders and Pieds.  Pheasants: Red Goldens, Silvers, Lady Amherst, Swinhoes,  3 Guineas  1 Dog    2 Cats    and a goldfish pond with fish, koi, and some nice frogs.
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Married to the most wonderful wife, dad to four kids!!!!     Our birds:   Peafowl-  India Blue, Midnight Blackshoulders, Whites, Purple white eye , Blackshoulders and Pieds.  Pheasants: Red Goldens, Silvers, Lady Amherst, Swinhoes,  3 Guineas  1 Dog    2 Cats    and a goldfish pond with fish, koi, and some nice frogs.
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post #4 of 10
8/31/12 at 6:46pm

 

A very lite colored bssp hen? I've seen some pics of one bssp hen in particular that had hardly any black anywhere on her,,course bssp can throw solid whites,,but you don't have any bssp do you?? Maybe a slighlty lite colored purple b/s hen?

 

 

 I've been taking pics of these two hens all week,hatched them last year and was supposed to be bssp or cameo w/e,,seems the general concensus now is they are both purple b/s hens which really screws things up for next year.


Edited by frenchblackcopper - 8/31/12 at 6:51pm

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 #5 of 10
8/31/12 at 7:40pm
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No I don't have any silver pied or blackshoulder purples . I am.stumped.
Married to the most wonderful wife, dad to four kids!!!!     Our birds:   Peafowl-  India Blue, Midnight Blackshoulders, Whites, Purple white eye , Blackshoulders and Pieds.  Pheasants: Red Goldens, Silvers, Lady Amherst, Swinhoes,  3 Guineas  1 Dog    2 Cats    and a goldfish pond with fish, koi, and some nice frogs.
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Married to the most wonderful wife, dad to four kids!!!!     Our birds:   Peafowl-  India Blue, Midnight Blackshoulders, Whites, Purple white eye , Blackshoulders and Pieds.  Pheasants: Red Goldens, Silvers, Lady Amherst, Swinhoes,  3 Guineas  1 Dog    2 Cats    and a goldfish pond with fish, koi, and some nice frogs.
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post #6 of 10
9/1/12 at 6:52pm

What are your males split to? If split to a sex link color all hens will be that color.

4 dogs: Joxer, Delta, ChiAna and Padmae. 37 Peafowl: BS, Charcoal W/E, Silver Pied, White, IB, Peach and Bronze. Emu. Chickens: Silkies, Cochins, Reds and D'Uccle. 3 Ducks. Member of UPA - www.peafowl.org

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4 dogs: Joxer, Delta, ChiAna and Padmae. 37 Peafowl: BS, Charcoal W/E, Silver Pied, White, IB, Peach and Bronze. Emu. Chickens: Silkies, Cochins, Reds and D'Uccle. 3 Ducks. Member of UPA - www.peafowl.org

My website www.PeaPen.com coming soon! 

 http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/swap-page-27 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/yodas-member-page

Missing My Friend Deerman Everyday!

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post #7 of 10
9/1/12 at 8:49pm
I am sure it will turn out to be a purple hen. It is just very light.
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post #8 of 10
9/3/12 at 12:28am
Do you have any opal or splits to opal? Could also be a purple white eye as they are lighter and frosty.
Sometimes colors that are recessive (split) can be expressed without any visual in the parent birds. You may be dealing with a split.
Supposedly Taupe came from IB/Purple mating.
Edited by Bigcreekpeafowl - 9/3/12 at 12:33am
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post #9 of 10
9/3/12 at 5:48am
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I do have a purple white eye male although he only has one white eye. He is with two India blue hens. That could be it then. I will have to keep.an eye on him/her.
Married to the most wonderful wife, dad to four kids!!!!     Our birds:   Peafowl-  India Blue, Midnight Blackshoulders, Whites, Purple white eye , Blackshoulders and Pieds.  Pheasants: Red Goldens, Silvers, Lady Amherst, Swinhoes,  3 Guineas  1 Dog    2 Cats    and a goldfish pond with fish, koi, and some nice frogs.
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Married to the most wonderful wife, dad to four kids!!!!     Our birds:   Peafowl-  India Blue, Midnight Blackshoulders, Whites, Purple white eye , Blackshoulders and Pieds.  Pheasants: Red Goldens, Silvers, Lady Amherst, Swinhoes,  3 Guineas  1 Dog    2 Cats    and a goldfish pond with fish, koi, and some nice frogs.
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post #10 of 10
9/4/12 at 12:04pm

Remember to post pics next year as well, we'd all like to see her colour up as she matures

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