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    IBBS color differences (10 week update)

    Haha! First a pied and now a him instead of a her. Fitting he accidentally ended up with a boys name. Guess those are the pitfalls of trying to figure out the gender at 10 weeks. I now have a 2:2 gender ratio, do I need to be concerned?
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    IBBS color differences (10 week update)

    (6 month update) So my Pied has changed quite a bit in coloration since 10 weeks. I still think she is a hen due to the darts with buff and black feathers on the shoulders, but she has now had a lot more color in (WAY more than her sister). But every time i see her now, I wonder if it was just...
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    Adjusting for winter with my younger chicks

    Looks like the original person who answered me thought I was raising chickens. And their answer was deleted. Did anyone have any insight on this?
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    Imprinted Peachicks

    So I had two of my four chicks accidentally imprint on me this summer. I realized this at about one week old and distance myself from them and it made no difference.Luckily mine are both hens. But that doesn’t mean I don’t still have issues with them crying. At four months old, it is a bit...
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    Adjusting for winter with my younger chicks

    I was out under the understanding that peacocks required heat longer than other birds. Our run is 100 ft.² but they are being acclimated to free ranging so they are allowed every day to be out in our pasture. Enrichment in that sense is not an issue. We have three peahens to the one peacock. I...
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    Adjusting for winter with my younger chicks

    Hi Everyone, Quick questions. I have my two younger chicks who are doing well, going outside with me and even following me anround our property for times during the day. They are 14 weeks old now. They also spend time “socializing” with our older two birds (6 months old) through a divided day...
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    Can Peahens and Chickens live together?

    Do lots of research on this forum. everything I’ve read has indicated that it is difficult sometimes to raise peafowl around chickens due to cocci which chickens can carry harmlessly, but is the number one killer of peafowl. I have a friend who lost half of her chicks this year to it (and she’s...
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    IBBS color differences (10 week update)

    Really? Wow…that pied part snuck in for sure. I take it that IBBS boys change color earlier than 10 weeks? (of my four that will put us at 1 wild type male, 2 hens and a (tbd) white who we think is hen.) I am so glad they are hens. Even though I discouraged it they have bonded tightly to me…...
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    IBBS color differences (10 week update)

    I told myself I would not ask about gender with them only being 10 weeks but now I am curious about thoughts on the differences in color/pattern. Morpheus (the chick with less black on him/her and has a crest) doesn't have the black wing feathers like Neo (no crest) does. Both have no markings...
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    A question about Wild type color as it matures

    Yes, I didnt post pics of the young IBBS. The wild type in the video is only 4 months old, and that is why he looks like a hen, lol. My main post question was about his coloring since it looks more green than blue at the moment.
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    Hen raised vs brooder question

    Mine went back-and-forth. I have this theory that their wings start getting heavy because they’re feathers start coming in and they’re tired or they are unprepared for darkness and dont know or think to roost. My first ones didn’t have a “roost” available until they were 8 weeks and were at to...
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    Hen raised vs brooder question

    The good news is that I had a hunch on the training them to roost off the ground. So much so, that I put that huge tree limb in their shelter and they love it. I wanted them to have familiarity with our trees, the bark and the size of branches (being large and knobby). I have always been...
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    Hen raised vs brooder question

    That makes me think about what I am using for my shelter/day pen for flooring. My birds still prefer the greenhouse that has been built as a shelter for them with hardcloth on many of the sides for ventilation. it has a dirt floor (i figured that was better for them than concrete). Initially I...
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    A question about Wild type color as it matures

    My birds are finally into their "day pen" (don't worry we don't have day predators) and their inside roost is installed in the shelter. They are 16 weeks this week. I have noticed that my wild type male's coloring is more turquoise than blue. Is that a color maturation difference? Will he turn...
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    Identify this color?

    What an absolutely gorgeous bird. Congrats at your unique find.
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