Bought a "yellow" peachick. What color will it be as an adult?

[CountrySoul]

I'm guessing it is about 6-7 weeks old. I have 9 week old blue india chicks I'm asking for help sexing help with. (see prior post)

I bought this guy from a feed store. The owner had no clue what color line it is. I am REALLY REALLY REALLY hoping for a solid white peacock. But it sounds like other breeds/colors also start out yellow or white. Is that true?

What do you think?

A few weeks ago:

Today:

Thanks!

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Looks like you've got your white!

 

[NeoRoey]

I'd bet on that being an albino any day.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Don't albino's have blue eyes?

 

[CountrySoul]

Thats what I was hoping to hear!!!

Thanks guys....

I heard that they are not called "albino" simply because its not a "loss in pigment" like true albino creatures, which also have the red eyes due to lack of pigment.

They simply have white feathers. So yes, I guess you'd say that with the white ones, they do have blue eyes.. ??

Its all new to me!

Any idea's on my prior post with my 9 week old India blues?

I just can't wait for these cutie pies to get big and beautiful!

 

[NeoRoey]

You're so lucky. It's not a walk in the park for us to get our peafowls. Year after year...even now that we got a really good batch of 2 peackicks out of 7, it still angers me that we had 3 failed attempts all the other years. I remember when I was little, we had a peacock called Kirby. He was the best.

 

[Choctaw Valley Farm]

There are no Albino Peafowl, White only, if it would have been a Black Shoulder it would have some color by now.

You Have a White Peafowl and at this age Whites are hard to sex.

 

[deerman]

white and if you mate it with the other one with white wing feathers, you will get more whites.

I have only known of two abino peachicks and both died....yes they would have pink eyes.

 

[Kedreeva]

It's not that there's no albino peacocks... it's just that whites are NOT the same as albino, and 99.9% of white peacocks are going to be white and not albino.

And agree! White peachick

In the other cases, you can tell when a peachick is white vs. color that starts out white because in a white, all the feathers will be uniformly yellow/white. In say... a blackshoulder, the bird will look yellow/white, but the primaries will be a slightly more tan color. It's a REALLY close similarity, but it's there!

 

[CountrySoul]

Thanks so much everyone!!

I am so excited about this little guy!

I didn't realize i could mate him with our others to make more whites! Super fun! (hoping he is actually a HE)

I will continue to post pics to get advise on sex of this little fella.

I agree its hard to find peachicks around here too. I was fortunate enough to find a gal who had fertile eggs for my first batch. 2 out of 3 hatched!! YIPPEE! The parents were one White, and one India Blue. I thought they'd have more white on them.

I was very shocked to find 3 "yellow" peachicks at the feed store. I bought the one with the most "soft yellow" fuzzy feathers. The other 2 were yellow as well, but it was almost a shade towards tan. Of course, hindsight tells me I should have bought ALL 3!

Thanks again everyone! I'm new to this site, and you have really helped me out! I do not know ANYONE who has peafowl to ask advise from. This site is wonderful!