Iridescent feathers

[JacinLarkwell]

Update on my pullet from last year that I’ll breed this year:
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Goodness I love these birds

 

[UncleChuck]

Update on my pullet from last year that I’ll breed this year:
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Rob you have some gorgeous and inspiring birds. Please let us all know when you start selling hatching eggs!

I've been socializing with this little guy and may pen him up with all my unrelated black hens once he's mature. He's the first cemani cross I've hatched with patterning in his iridescence. Photos don't do these birds justice, they look absolutely magical in person. I've been calling them Draco Eggers amongst private company.

 

[NagemTX]

Rob you have some gorgeous and inspiring birds. Please let us all know when you start selling hatching eggs!

I've been socializing with this little guy and may pen him up with all my unrelated black hens once he's mature. He's the first cemani cross I've hatched with patterning in his iridescence. Photos don't do these birds justice, they look absolutely magical in person. I've been calling them Draco Eggers amongst private company.
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Is that edging?

 

[UncleChuck]

Is that edging?

I don't think so, he appears solid black except for a bit of white leakage in his cheeks and I expect more white to show up as he matures.

Bonus shot of the parents

It started out just thinking about focusing on black birds to help with the hawk problem. But this project is so dang cool I just can't stand it, now I'm looking for any sign of it and looking to sell almost all of my blue and lavender birds!

 

[TexasBlues]

Update on my pullet from last year that I’ll breed this year:
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Nay new updates Rob?

 

[Bawkbok]

WOW!!! Those are gorgeous birds. I'm assuming you show them for competition?

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

Nay new updates Rob?

Not much. It’s always sort of slow going. Right now I’m trying to decide when to stop hatching for this season and hold off until spring with new breeding groups. I feel like I’ve got some really good birds for next year and it looks like some of the long-tail birds are getting good color. I’ve still got a ton of chicks that are too young to judge their potential. Here’s a nice little cockerel though that I’m excited to see how he turns out:

And this long-tail pullet looks good:

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

WOW!!! Those are gorgeous birds. I'm assuming you show them for competition?

These are not a uniform breed yet. Hopefully that will happen soon. Then technically they can be shown even if they aren’t an APA accepted breed and eventually they might be accepted if you can follow the application process which includes (I think) 3 different people raising them for 5 years. If they become popular they’ll probably become an accepted APA breed eventually.

 

[Jenbirdee]

I’m awestruck by how amazing their beauty is

 

[TexasBlues]

These are not a uniform breed yet. Hopefully that will happen soon. Then technically they can be shown even if they aren’t an APA accepted breed and eventually they might be accepted if you can follow the application process which includes (I think) 3 different people raising them for 5 years. If they become popular they’ll probably become an accepted APA breed eventually.

they look great! Do they breed true to the black? any color on the roosters? What comb type are you selecting for?

I have some fibromelanistic-olive eggers that are all black and have a great green sheen to their pullet feathers. But not purple as yours. I've noticed some of my cockerels tail feathers are only partially iridescent.