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[Birdrain92]

100% Java Green

Beautiful boy. Are you saying Thora might be close to 100%?

 

[DylansMom]

Beautiful boy. Are you saying Thora might be close to 100%?

I think she is showing you what her 100% green looks like.

 

[ellymayRans]

In your last photo, I can see her "true tail" feathers sticking out from under her whiter train feathers. They are black and that to me says IB BS. Here is a photo of 2 feathers from the true tails of the IB BS hen and the Bronze BS hen, the Bronze is more of a medium brown while the IB is very black.

Thank you for clearing that up for me!

 

[ellymayRans]

When I bought my male she said he was either split BS or Midnight.

Is there any way to really tell? I know he is split due to the white patch on his wing but would like to know with what. I don't see BS but I'm guessing I wouldn't unless both parents had been split. ? All new to type/genetics but I'm trying to learn so I know how/what to expect with offspring. Guessing the IB BS hen and him if he's BS may produce some BS that is expressed if he is split to BS vs Midnight. ?

 

[KsKingBee]

The very dark feathers mixed into his barred wing suggests to me that he could be possibly split to BS. I have on like that but much more mixed into the shoulders.

 

[peacock12]

Mom has white on her feather is that normal

 

[RuzichFamily]

Got a few more pics of my new guy. I wish my ringneck pheasant wouldn't be so dern aggressive during mating season but they'll get the pecking order figured out, pretty well do already. Sure enjoy my new guy, time to get him named and broke to eating from my hand! The younger boys were enjoying the sun as well. Love being able to sit and enjoy them after work.

 

[DylansMom]

When I bought my male she said he was either split BS or Midnight.

Is there any way to really tell? I know he is split due to the white patch on his wing but would like to know with what. I don't see BS but I'm guessing I wouldn't unless both parents had been split. ? All new to type/genetics but I'm trying to learn so I know how/what to expect with offspring. Guessing the IB BS hen and him if he's BS may produce some BS that is expressed if he is split to BS vs Midnight. ?

He could be split to both. Remember BS is a pattern, while Midnight is a color. So he may be carrying genes for both, they would not interfere with each other. I do not really see any indication of a BS split though. On a regular pure IB you will have those couple black wing feathers that are located between the reddish brown ones and the striped ones, they all have those. What most people look for as an indication of a BS split is a darkening of the shoulder feathers. This is not the best picture, but you can see some of the striped feathers are kind of filling in and becoming solid black as opposed to the striped ones around them, ignore the white, he's a pied.

The very dark feathers mixed into his barred wing suggests to me that he could be possibly split to BS. I have on like that but much more mixed into the shoulders.

I can't see any dark feathers on his shoulders, so I would say he is probably not split BS, those black wing feathers between the reddish brown ones and the striped ones are found on pure IB, they are normal.

 

[DylansMom]

Got a few more pics of my new guy. I wish my ringneck pheasant wouldn't be so dern aggressive during mating season but they'll get the pecking order figured out, pretty well do already. Sure enjoy my new guy, time to get him named and broke to eating from my hand! The younger boys were enjoying the sun as well. Love being able to sit and enjoy them after work.

In these pics he does look a lot greener than the young IB, so he might just be a low % spalding after all, always easier when you have something to compare them to.

 

[DylansMom]

Mom has white on her feather is that normal

If you are referring to the white flight feather on her wing, it is indicative of a split to either white, pied or possibly even white eye. Nothing to do with Black Shoulder though.