His feathers just look beat up and molty to me, maybe he's just going through his first set of feathers.
Just wanted to comment that his color is lovely.
Absolutely adorable stinking chick!
It does look to be more of what they call a sizzle. Those don't look like silkied feathers. Nice dark skin!
But I'll bet she's beautiful when she grows up.
They look pretty boyish, but check the saddle feathers. The side feathers just in front of the tail. If they are pointed, they are boys, if they are rounded, they are girls.
Pretty birds though.
Wow, that was quite a showmanship class, peahen & dove (never seen either of those used before) and a duck (just saw one used at State Fair and that was a first after 25 years for me). My son used to be commented on for using a HUGE RIR cock. Normally it's all bantams.
Peafowl, you raise...
I had a lady approach me today at State Fair, she is looking for a few fertile eggs to slip under a broody. She is located in Vacaville. She has a home based nursery school and wanted to hatch for the kids. I don't think she was too concerned about the breed. She currently has three pet...