2022 Peafowl

[KsKingBee]

Thanks for the response KS, this is a pic of one of the clocks in the pen so it very well could be Spalding View attachment 3193849

Wow, he is way up there with Green blood! Nice burd.

 

[KsKingBee]

Also the chick seems to have a odd shaped head, almost like it's got a knot on top of its head, and out of the 7 chicks I've hatched this year its definitely the biggest

Perfectly normal for a Green or High percentage chick. This little guy is out of one of my higher hybrids but not nearly as high as yours. I have on order a pair of Imported Greens from Bobs Green Peafowl so my adventure with Greens and really High % hybrids is just starting.

 

[Midnightman14]

Spalding chick.

 

[Midnightman14]

Perfectly normal for a Green or High percentage chick. This little guy is out of one of my higher hybrids but not nearly as high as yours. I have on order a pair of Imported Greens from Bobs Green Peafowl so my adventure with Greens and really High % hybrids is just starting.View attachment 3194179View attachment 3194181

Pure greens are alot of work but they are addicting. If you can handle high strung birds that want to kill everything they are worth the extra work.

 

[KsKingBee]

Pure greens are alot of work but they are addicting. If you can handle high strung birds that want to kill everything they are worth the extra work.

It will be interesting to see if they kill themselves. I have a good chance with them since I have heated barns but I'll have to call on my inner peafowl whisperer to make them calm. My main interest in them is to bolster my Pieds and Whites. I'll let Gerald continue the pure lines since he is as good as there is with Greens in the US.

 

[Rm chickens]

Thanks guys I really appreciate your knowledge and input

 

[Rm chickens]

Beautiful bird KS. Here's a head pic of the chick, looks like yours for sure. I've definitely learned something

 

[Rm chickens]

One last question about the chick I hatched, he has much darker colored legs than my other chicks, is that normal with the green peafowl

 

[KsKingBee]

One last question about the chick I hatched, he has much darker colored legs than my other chicks, is that normal with the green peafowl

Yes.

 

[Rm chickens]

Hatched 3 more Friday. Spalding mixes