5 toes cockerel

[popsicle]

Am I going to be a complete idiot commenting that I see some sizeable spurs and 4 toes, not 5?????

I think only the very first bird pictured has 5 toes. The one with a turkey behind him.

 

[SweetSilver]

OK, not "complete" but definitely unobservant, which is a partial qualification. But thanks for being so diplomatic.

 

[maxsgoldens]

The beetle green sheen on black feathers has a lot to do with feather quality. Black can come with or without the green sheen. Black, blue and lavender are not the same at all. Blue is a dilution of black and does not breed true, which is why you get blue, black and splash when mixing those colors. It all depends on how the genes add up. Lavender (self blue, I hate that its called that, it creates a whole lot of confusion) is something else entirely. If you mix a lav and black, the lav doesn't show up because its recessive. Mix the black birds from the original breeding with lav and you'll get some lavs and some blacks. Lavender requires 2 copies to present itself.
Maxgoldens- the birds you've shared are black breasted reds. I'm not seeing any blue there, but black with a nice beetle sheen due to some great feather quality. Lovely birds, but black, blue, lavender and grey are all completely different colors.

All of the OPs birds appear to be mixes to me as well. Very pretty ones.

But these are the same as the cockerels in the original thread?!?!?

 

[kimehag]

The one with 5 toes is the first one inside you can't see his toes the other 2 outside are just normal cocks so no you ain't no idiot