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[frenchblackcopper]

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Will she stay off white or go dark?

Your hen above Margaret?

 

[margaret8]

Your hen above Margaret?

Yep

 

[frenchblackcopper]

She should stay pretty much as she is now with the exception of the brown feathers around her neck will get darker and more defined. She will have an off white color on her front chest with varying amounts of black edging around her feathers on her back. I've got some hens that really have a lot of black and others from the same group that just have slight outlines around most of the feathers. Tail feathers on bssp hens will be black.

 

[margaret8]

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She should stay pretty much as she is now with the exception of the brown feathers around her neck will get darker and more defined. She will have an off white color on her front chest with varying amounts of black edging around her feathers on her back. I've got some hens that really have a lot of black and others from the same group that just have slight outlines around most of the feathers. Tail feathers on bssp hens will be black.

Does she any white in her? All I have ever raised are the IBs and the whites so I don't have a clue about the colors!

 

[DylansMom]

Black Shouldered is actually considered a Pattern not a Color. No white genes are needed to create a black shouldered bird however she could be split to white and in a black shouldered hen that is pretty difficult to see. I have a hen that I thought was pure Black Shouldered for many years, then she produced some chicks last year that clearly carried White eye and possibly Pied genes, upon very close inspection I found 1 white primary that should have been a reddish primary, other than that feather there just isn't any visual evidence of her white eye/pied genes. What this all boils down to is that it would be pretty difficult for anyone to say for certain whether your hen carries any white genes, until you breed her and see what offspring she produces.

 

[margaret8]

Black Shouldered is actually considered a Pattern not a Color. No white genes are needed to create a black shouldered bird however she could be split to white and in a black shouldered hen that is pretty difficult to see. I have a hen that I thought was pure Black Shouldered for many years, then she produced some chicks last year that clearly carried White eye and possibly Pied genes, upon very close inspection I found 1 white primary that should have been a reddish primary, other than that feather there just isn't any visual evidence of her white eye/pied genes. What this all boils down to is that it would be pretty difficult for anyone to say for certain whether your hen carries any white genes, until you breed her and see what offspring she produces.   

Well she is only 6 months old I've got a while!

 

[DylansMom]

Well she is only 6 months old I've got a while!

Yes you do!

My hen was about 10 years old before I found out she is carrying white/pied genes and I've had her since she was a chick.

 

[margaret8]

Yes you do!  

 My hen was about 10 years old before I found out she is carrying white/pied genes and I've had her since she was a chick.

What color will the chicks be if I mate her with an IB?

 

[Dany12]

All chicks will be blue peacocks - totally identical to a IB and all will be split BS.

 

[Pfauenfreund]

Young green peafowl (Pavo Muticus Muticus) from 2013 which are ready for give off.
The pictures are made at 19.02.2014 when the young greens were between 6.5 and 8 month old.