White Eyed
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The white eye referred to in this peafowl's name is the ocelli on the male's train, not the actual seeing eyes of the peafowl. |
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Type of mutation: White eyed is a pattern mutation that is closely related to the silver pied pattern. It can be present in many different colors of peafowl, and combined with the blackshoulder or pied patterns. |
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Peacock Coloration: Males retain their normal coloration, except for a white patch on their throat, and the center of all their ocelli, which are white. |
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Peahen Coloration: Peahens appear like regular India Blue hens, except for a patch on white on their throats and silverish white tipping on their back feathers. |
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Origin: White eyeds are the dark pied equivalent in silver pied genetics. They will be produced in 25% of silver pied matings, and also by white eye x white eye pairings. |
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Do they breed true?: Yes. Such as in the case of dark pieds, white eye x white eye will produce 100% white eyed offspring. Breeding white eyes to silver pieds will produce 50% white eye, 50% silver pied. |
