Iridescent feathers

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Another update:
This is the same cockerel as in the last photos but he’s getting new feathers and maturing a bit.
I’m not sure if I’ve shared this pullet before but she’s my new favorite.
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Do you happen to sell eggs? You have the most beautiful birds.😍
Well...all the birds that I have now are part of my breeding program and I don’t want to sell any of those until I have my final breed completed. The goal is to have a breed that is uniform and breeds true and then I’ll start selling them.
 
I’ve got this guy with some solid black hens to try and see if I can get some solid black offspring from him (first chicks should hatch in a day or two). Where he is purple it’s VERY purple but I wonder if that’s caused by the gold areas pushing and concentrating the black causing it to appear to be a deeper purple. I’ll be very interested to find out but I probably won’t hatch too many chicks fathered by him. I’ve got some young birds that look like they’ll be much better but they aren’t old enough to breed yet.
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I’ve got this guy with some solid black hens to try and see if I can get some solid black offspring from him (first chicks should hatch in a day or two). Where he is purple it’s VERY purple but I wonder if that’s caused by the gold areas pushing and concentrating the black causing it to appear to be a deeper purple. I’ll be very interested to find out but I probably won’t hatch too many chicks fathered by him. I’ve got some young birds that look like they’ll be much better but they aren’t old enough to breed yet.
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Now he's just about perfect. I wonder if the gold is effecting the iridescence. That would be interesting to experiment with!
 

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