2014 breeding season begins, post your results

[new 2 pfowl]

I think you're right about the peachick on the left being male and the peachick on the right being female.
These circled feathers without barring on the girl are the giveaway, these are probably what helped you decide she's a she!

 

[casportpony]

Ok, I have 4, 9 week olds. I think I have one male and 3 girls. What do you think? I couldn't get pics of all of them (it's raining and they are hiding), but the one on the left is the one that I think is male, and the one on the right is one that I think is a female. The other 2 are like her, very little barring and dark brown primaries.

Wow, how lucky are you, lol! One boy, three girls, wish I were you. -Kathy

 

[Birdrain92]

Usually I end up with an extra male when I hatch out birds.

 

[MinxFox]

I always get all of one sex. One year it was all peahens, the next all peacocks, although to be fair some peachicks died the year I had all males so there might have been some girls. I still am not sure if they died from venturing out of the pen or if rats killed them. I learned this year from a nearby breeder that evidently rats will kill chicks (ducklings, peachicks, chicken chicks, etc)?! Not good I saw a rat mamma carrying her babies into the peafowl pen recently. Not sure if tree rats aka squirrels would kill one. I don't see how a rat could get close enough to kill a peachick without the peahen noticing...

 

[MeepBeep]

Not sure if tree rats aka squirrels would kill one.

Tree rats will indeed kill/eat small birds if the opportunity arises and they are hungry...

 

[margaret8]

Wow, how lucky are you, lol! One boy, three girls, wish I were you.

-Kathy

Peep is 9 weeks old today he is much darker and he is starting to get some greenish blue feathers on his neck! He also weighs 805g!

 

[AnimalsRmyLife]

Quote:
Yay Peep!

 

[margaret8]

Yay Peep!

He is also a BS split to white. So I think on the males they will start getting some color on them. My BS hens Didn't get any color on their neck until they were 6 month old. Then it was only slight.

 

[casportpony]

Disclaimer: I don't know how to sex peachicks, lol, but thought I might have some fun, so
based on a combo of color, weight and behavior, I'm gonna guess the sex on these four.

What are the odds on guessing the sex on four?

27 days old in these pictures

Male


Male


Female


Female

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-Kathy

So you all remember this post? Here is PA4 yesterday
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-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

So he turned out to be a hen, that's great news unless you wanted a cock.