Question for the peafowl experts

[KsKingBee]

More than likely just IBs, one being BS. Cackle does not produce peachicks but buy them from breeders and resells.

 

[CincyMan]

Yeah that’s what I thought but was hoping for a little different when I bought them. I don’t post much but like to read what other posts and learn a lot from you and others.I respect your knowledge and thanks for the quick reply.

 

[KsKingBee]

Yeah that’s what I thought but was hoping for a little different when I bought them. I don’t post much but like to read what other posts and learn a lot from you and others.I respect your knowledge and thanks for the quick reply.

No problem. Don't give up on the IBs you bought, most large breeders will sell off their splits so you never know what hidden genes you have bought. The problem is you can breed them forever to different colors before you figure out what they carry. If they are split to a sex-linked color they will produce hens of that color with any hen right off. But if they are split to a new mutation you may never know.

 

[CincyMan]

Thanks KingBee for the additional information.

 

[Rm chickens]

The white chick apparently is going to be pied as well. It has several spots of brown coming in with its feathers

 

[KsKingBee]

The white chick apparently is going to be pied as well. It has several spots of brown coming in with its feathers

Sounds like you have a Silver Pied chick!

 

[Rm chickens]

I hope you are right KS, I will try to post pis later

 

[Rm chickens]

 

[KsKingBee]

The one you thought was White is a Black Shoulder pattern, it may be carrying a white gene but too hard to tell from that pic but I suspect it does.

 

[Rm chickens]

If hatched several BS this year and they all turned brown when there feathers came in but this one looks different and it came from a pen of Spalding, Spalding pied and a white hen. Here's a better pic and one of the other chicks hatched from this pen