Sources have told me it is a charcoal purple combination. This would be a difficult one to reproduce. A male split to both (would look like a blue male) would be easy - breed charcoal male to purple female. The female split to both (would look like a purple hen) is more difficult because charcoal hens don't lay fertile eggs. A purple cock bred to a charcoal split blue hen would produce all purple hens, but only about 50% of those would be split to charcoal. THen you have to hope you have one when you breed it to the male you have from the charcoal male crossed with the purple hen. Your odds are low, but if you know you have a purple split charcoal hen (you could test breed with a charcoal male to guarantee I suppose), then there is potential. A long breeding project if you have the time. My source had told me that the original parent birds came from an older breeder who was selling out. THis source also purchased similar birds, and managed to hatch out two taupe hens this year. Apparently rather weak birds to start off with, as they are the prodigy of siblings. He only has one hen that survived.
