Is this baby peacock a male or female?

[TearDropSoup]

These photos were taken at about 5 days old. The breed is an Indian blue peacock.

I have read that you will be able to tell the gender when the peacock gets older, but this is my pet peacock and I'd like to call him something



. He follows me around everywhere as I catch bugs to feed him and I'd like for him to have a name, and not be known as a "no-name" I'm not really interested in unisex names either.

He/She was hatched out of the incubater alone so he/she doesn't have any brothers or sisters to compare legs. (I read that males legs are longer) Is there any way to tell if he's a boy or girl?

 

[Garden Peas]

Ok! Thank you!! That's what we were starting to think. I guess it's time to get a couple more anyway

"I guess it's time to get a couple more anyway"

The single most classic line in pea-addiction...

Usually followed directly by, "I guess I need to build more pens"

Glad you are here

 

[nurse1]

The 2 chicks are one male and one female. I think the op just mixed them up when taking pics of they are not used to noting differences.

Nurse, the hen has more of a crest on her head and is mostly all dark on her back. The next pic has to be her brother because the facial markings are different. Look closely at the pics of the faces, blow them up and you will see subtle differences. Also males will have more bars on their back.

Maybe I mixed up the pics of the chicks. So the males first get a white chest like the female then? Thanks for your help, I have learned so much this first year

 

[mandarin1]

They look pretty young. I recently purchased my first two peacocks this year too and when I first posted pics of them everyone thought they were both male, but they were really young. Once they were about 10, 11 weeks old I noticed the one I original thought was a female based off body size and then leg and feet size (males feet are bigger and he was a little larger, this is how I picked them out) was starting to lose some of her barring on her wings. I was so disappointed to hear I had to males, but then once they got a bit older I realized that they were a male, female pair. Here is a pic of them when they were younger (about 8 or 9 weeks) and then a pic when they were about 10, 11 weeks old.
You can see just over a week or two how much barring my female lost where the male kept all his barring. I would say wait until they are a little older to be sure of their genders, otherwise it's anybody's guess. As I said, I was told mine were both male and it turns out they're one of each. Here is a pic I took off an early conversation here, maybe it'll help you.

 

[casportpony]

All look male to me, too, but I've never seen one in person.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This is of both of them but I realize it's not a great pic. They are scared.

Still looks like two females to me.

-Kathy

 

[Lazy S Conrad Farm]

I need help sexing my peachicks as well sibling IB about 10 weeks rough estimate

 

[MinxFox]

The main way people try to sex young peachicks is by color. Many say that female chicks will be darker brown and male chicks will be lighter colored.

You keep calling the chick a he, and I feel like it is a he also but it is just a feeling so I can't say for sure. He reminds me of my Peep who hatched alone too. I taught him how to hunt ants.

Now he is all grown up. Peep is three years old now. Just be careful an imprinted peacock may become aggressive when he grows up. Peep isn't aggressive but he does try to mate with my foot. He displays for me. That is normally how it goes I think. If they are imprinted to you and they don't grow up to be aggressive to you, they grow up seeing you as a potential mate!

I didn't want to name Peep before I knew his sex, but my dad kept calling him Peep because of the noise he made, and the name stuck!

Here is one of Peep's baby photos:

 

[Birdrain92]

It kind of looks like a girl. I sex them based on the primaries for IB peachicks. See those feathers at the tip of the wing that are dark brown, that is why I say female. I would wait though for the entire wing to go fully feathered then you can get a real good idea on the sex.

 

[SwedishDude99]

Wow do they really feather in that quick? I've never had peafowl before but I plan to next year. That is a really cute peachick by the way.