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[peacock12]

 

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[Peafowlssssssss]

As far as I know Argon's father was Bronze BS, there was a Bronze WE split pied hen, an IBBS split Bronze hen, and 2 Bronze hens with unknown splits. None are known to be split white, but it could be hidden. As far as the Peach color goes, another problem I am seeing is that new plumage seems to be very orange when it comes in, but as it ages it seems to lose some of that orange color. She's got a couple new feathers on her wings and they look almost reddish-orange compared to the rest of her feathers which look like a very pale tan.

In this case he could only get w/e gene, Which bird has the orange plumage feathers? Bronze bs males will have many orange primaries.

 

[DylansMom]

My bs in the left well I think it's a bs !?! And my 10 months old ib in the right he doesn't like the and want the bs in the deck ;(

We need a photo of the shoulder for us to identify if it's a BS

I can't tell withe the pix. It is not a BS hen they are off with with dk spots on their back. The BS males look almost like the IB males except they have black shoulders.

He's a BS alright, but he is not 3 as the seller told you. More likely coming 2. All those tan markings on his wing feathers will disappear as he matures, then he should have solid black wings with a thin blue/green margin around the edge.

 

[DylansMom]

In this case he could only get w/e gene, Which bird has the orange plumage feathers? Bronze bs males will have many orange primaries.

If he is out of the WE hen, he could have gotten her Pied gene as well, but I won't hold my breath on that. And snowshoe even said the other 2 Bronze hens could have splits he is not aware of so we will just wait and see, he has so many light colored spotty looking feathers now it will be interesting to see what stays light when he matures. The orange feathers are on Peaches wing. I was saying that when she grows in new feathers they look very Orange next to the older feathers so the orange must fade as the feather ages. This will make it even harder to tell if a hen is Cameo or Peach if it hasn't just molted.

 

[peacock12]

Ok thank you very much for the info and When he has Babis it's just gonna be same color ? No other colors ?

 

[nurse1]

This is Rio

 

[DylansMom]

Ok thank you very much for the info and When he has Babis it's just gonna be same color ? No other colors ?

If he is a pure BS carrying no hidden genes for other colors or patterns, he will only produce BS babies if the hen he breeds with carries BS genes. If your hen is pure India Blue she will not carry BS(Black Shoulder) genes and then all babies will look like India Blues, but will carry hidden genes for BS. If your IB hen is already carrying BS genes they will produce both India Blue and BS babies.

So BS x BS = all BS babies
BS x IB = all IB babies that are split to BS(carry hidden genes)
BS x IB split BS(already carrying hidden BS genes) 50% IB & 50% BS babies


Now there are many other hidden genes that Peafowl can carry, so sometimes we get big surprises, like an all white bird from parents that do not appear to have any white genes, so only time will tell what for sure you get.