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The captive bred Blackbird is available in quite a wide range of mutations:

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Cinnamon: Cocks are an even rich ground coffee colour. Daffodil yellow beak and eye-ring. Brown eyes, light horn legs and feet.

Hens are generally of a lighter shade, more a milky coffee colour. Throat and upper breast are speckled. Yellow ochre beak and eye-ring, with the upper mandible still retaining a brown wash.

In both sexes, the colour should never be patchy or diluted excessively.

Sex-linked colour mutation.

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Ino: Cocks are white, although a grey suffusion is allowed. Daffodil yellow beak and eye-ring. Deep red eyes, light horn to pink legs and feet, clear claws.

Hens are also white but with a lessened grey suffusion. There may be some slight throat and upper breast speckling. Yellow ochre beak and eye-ring, with the upper mandible still retaining a brown wash.

In both sexes, the colour should not contain heavy grey or brown suffusions or have any solid feathers whatsoever.

Sex-linked colour mutation.

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Cinnamon-Ino (aka Satinette, Cream, Grizzle): A red-eyed self bird which appears visually as a clear bird i.e. white, only showing any melanistic colouring underneath the flight feathers which distinguish the Satinette as a self bird, not a clear bird.

Cocks are white with a light tan suffusion, thus the plumage looks creamy. Wings and tail are pale cinnamon with darked edging. Daffodil yellow beak and eye-ring. Deep red eyes, light horn to pink legs and feet, clear claws.

Hens are also white but with a lessened cinnamon suffusion, so are a very pale cream. Slight throat and upper breast speckling possibly present. Yellow ochre beak and eye-ring.

In both sexes, the colour should not be patchy or have a poor (too heavy or too light) cinnamon suffusion.

Sex-linked colour mutation.

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Albino: Cocks are pure white with no suffusions at all. Daffodil yellow beak and eye-ring. Clear red eyes, flesh pink legs and feet, clear claws.

Hens are identical to cocks except for the yellow ochre beak and eye-ring.

In both sexes, the colour should not contain any colour suffusions or solid feathers whatsoever.

Recessive colour mutation.

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Blue (aka Opal, Single Factor Dominant Dilute): A self-bird. Characterized by the inhibition of brown melanin in it's plumage thus creating a gray/blue striated melanistic pigmentation.

Cocks are an even rich slate blue. Minimal brown suffusion on the upper breast is allowed. Silvered tail (milky gray/blue glaze), with defined melanistic ticking and lacing (edging). Daffodil yellow beak and eye-ring. Dark eyes, diluted legs and feet.

Hens are also slate blue but edging is much more distinct. Yellow ochre beak and eye-ring, with the upper mandible still retaining a brown line.

In both sexes, the colour should not contain heavy brown suffusions or have any solid feathers whatsoever.

Dominant Dilute Single Factor (SF) colour mutation.

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Silver (aka Agate, Double Factor Dominant Dilute): Cocks are an even silver colour with a characteristic moutache. Light silvered tail, with very fine and delicate melanistic edging. Daffodil yellow beak and eye-ring. Dark eyes, diluted legs and feet.

Hens are identical to cocks but the edging is slightly more distinct and she retains the yellow ochre beak and eye-ring, and the brown line on the upper mandible.

In both sexes, the colour should not contain brown suffusions or any solid feathers.

Dominant Dilute DF colour mutation.

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