Need help identifying color patterns of peahens

Peanut59

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What color are the peahens on the perch? And the white one with blue on back of the neck? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the perched male IBBS pied.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Perched male looks like a purple pied
Hen beside him is purple pied perhaps
Other hen on perch is Blackshoulder, but I can't tell the base colour from that distance - might be blue, might be something else.
First photo is a bit blurry when I zoom in, looks like a silver pied hen, possibly midnight.
 
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The previous owner/breeder recently died, and this is his remaining flock. From my visits I know he had cameos, IB,IB pied, white, and IBBS. He didn't have any purple.
 
Given that he did not have purple, I would say first pic is an India Blue silver pied hen. Male on perch is an India Blue pied or dark pied. He is NOT black shoulder. Middle hen is either India Blue or Cameo. Cannot be sure. Other hen is India Blue Black shoulder silver pied or maybe just India Blue black shoulder pied.

The male on the ground is black shoulder.
 
I thought the perched male would be BS due to solid shoulder coloring and no barring. What do you mean by "dark" ? Newbie here
 
Looks like a bit of a crowding problem, but I understand that. It takes time to get enough space for that many birds. Every night I have all my free-rangers, 36, in a 24 x 36 pen but they are out all day long and come back for feed at night. They wil be split into breeding pens soon and others sold off. If you are going to keep them contained try to provide 100 sf per bird. I know of one major breeder that has his breeders in as little space as 6 sf per bird, but obviously more is better. It is real easy for respiratory problems and cocci to get out of hand when overcrowded.
 

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