the feather apparel first started circulating a little over a year ago

and they already kinda (very subtly) confirmed that a new breed has been in the works for quite some time now (and it's my understanding that it's already finished), but due to the massive list of new items and genes and colors they can't keep up... so they need new artists working on making them fit the unreleased breed

which means, as soon as we get a bunch of new artists, the new breed will be released