Identify this color?

Faisal12

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May 29, 2023
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Could you help me identify this peacock's coloration?
I recently purchased it from another farm, but unfortunately, the seller didn’t have any knowledge about peafowls.
I suspect it might be IBBSSP, but I’m unsure because I haven’t noticed any WE traits yet.
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That is a very unique and beautiful bird. He is a two year old, 2023 hatch. He shows almost no Hybrid blood. He is NOT India Blue but a color mutation, maybe Midnight, definitely not Bronze. That very dark green neck color evades me, I am not sure exactly what color but the reddish brown feathers on his wing should provide a clue perhaps after the next molt. Those feathers are also not barred so he probably is Black Shoulder but yet BS wouldn't have those reddish feathers on the wing. Of the three eye feathers only two show White Eye, one does not. Many of the immature eye feathers show they will be WE. Silver Pied will be all WE but yet the black color feathers would be gray if he were. So not a true SP with gray saddle feathers unless you judge SP by the percentage of White and nothing else. I would love to have a bird like this just to watch him go through the color changes through the next molt. So for me, he is an undetermined color mutation, Black Shoulder, heavily Pied, and split (at this time) to White Eye. Don't kill it.
 
That is a very unique and beautiful bird. He is a two year old, 2023 hatch. He shows almost no Hybrid blood. He is NOT India Blue but a color mutation, maybe Midnight, definitely not Bronze. That very dark green neck color evades me, I am not sure exactly what color but the reddish brown feathers on his wing should provide a clue perhaps after the next molt. Those feathers are also not barred so he probably is Black Shoulder but yet BS wouldn't have those reddish feathers on the wing. Of the three eye feathers only two show White Eye, one does not. Many of the immature eye feathers show they will be WE. Silver Pied will be all WE but yet the black color feathers would be gray if he were. So not a true SP with gray saddle feathers unless you judge SP by the percentage of White and nothing else. I would love to have a bird like this just to watch him go through the color changes through the next molt. So for me, he is an undetermined color mutation, Black Shoulder, heavily Pied, and split (at this time) to White Eye. Don't kill it.
Thanks, I really didn't have a clue, it's been years since I raised peafowl and back in the day( 1968), all I raised were IB..
..didn't have all the color mutations back then
 
Thank you all for your replies!
wow I never thought it might be Midnight or something else other than Blue!
Here some more pics I took yesterday..
I have a peahen with him too.. looks like BS Pied but might help knowing their color mutation. I'll take some pics for her later today.

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Indirect lighting is usually the best for looking at true colors but your lighting is a bit too dim. Is there a way you can get more light on this bird without washing the color out with harsh sunlight? Jade is another possibility for color. The hen will be harder to determine if the parents are unknown but she shows the BS and some white genes are strong in her.
 

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