Gender and breed identification of a couple of my pea's, please!

[Choctaw Valley Farm]

Well here we go, If you keep The Purple BS male and breed it to Blue BS hen all hens from that breeding will be Purple BS and if I am remembering right all males will be Blue BS and some will be or all will be split to Purple , I can't remember how that works, you will not be able to tell the split birds (Purple, Cameo, Peach are Sex linked birds, I think I'm leaving one out).

If you keep the Pied male and get a pied hen, Blue Pied to Blue Pied = Blue Pied, White and Dark Pied (looks India blue) you can get all three from this breeding.

Purple Hens don't have all that color in there neck and if you look at the wings on how dark they are the hens are lighter.


I forgot the spalding means it has green blood in it, it is no longer a Blue Pied it is now a Spalding Pied and once you have Spalding blood it will always be Spalding. A Spalding will be taller have a tight crest and show yellow on the cheeks and this all depends on what % Spalding it is.

Hope this HELPS.

Visit this website to see the Purple Color go to Photo Gallery. www.leggspeafowl.com

Steve

 

[DMFarm]

Steve you are close but when breeding a sex link male like purple to a hen that is not a sex link color all hens will be purple and all males will be split to purple and not just some of them. The white is a male look at the tail how long and pointed it is a hen tail would be a little shorter and more round.
Doug

 

[deerman]

Well i like breeding the sex link colors. So keeping the purple blackshoulder peacock.


Purple BS cock X Blue BS hen = all Purple BS hens, All males will be Blue BS Split purple. So the chicks can be sexed early.
Purple BS cock X Blue hen = all purple hens split BS, and all males Blue split purple and BS.

The pied you should get pied or white hens..

Male BS start getting dark their first year.

Males can be sexed by barring on shoulder ,hens lose them.

 

[deerman]

Pic of two purple peachicks, note the barring on the shoulder feather thats the male ,female has lost hers.


MALE ON LEFT

 

[6littlechickies]

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wow deerman! fantastic picture!

I totally see what you mean by the barring.

 

[deerman]

Greens and high % spalding both sexs will have barring.

The india can be sex by the barring at 3 months, no matter the colors.

Note on your pied, the bars. your blue hen lost hers..