age of peas

[cray4en]

How do you know how old a pea is?

 

[Birdrain92]

How do you know how old a pea is?

Males you can tell on their age based on if they have a train and how long it is. For example your Black Shoulder peacock on the right is at least 3 years old. The White is at least three as well. Then the you have a male on the left that is only a year old. Your hen I have no idea. Peacocks will have a full train by the time they are three years old.

This is my male when he was three years old with a 4.5ft long train.

My peas when they were a year old

When they were two years old.

 

[zazouse]

Males you can tell on their age based on if they have a train and how long it is. For example your Black Shoulder peacock on the right is at least 3 years old. The White is at least three as well. Then the you have a male on the left that is only a year old. Your hen I have no idea. Peacocks will have a full train by the time they are three years old.

This is my male when he was three years old with a 4.5ft long train.

My peas when they were a year old

When they were two years old.

That is not true peacock trains can develop at an early age and i have shown this many times, however the black shoulder will loose all the white ticking by the age of 3 from watching other folks birds mature on here.

All the birds in this photo with the exception of the upper right corner are around 16 months old the one in the upper right turned 3 after he dropped his train


None of the birds in these photos are 3 years of age, they will drop their train before their 3rd birthday, genetics play a role in train development IMO

 

[Birdrain92]

That is not true peacock trains can develop at an early age and i have shown this many times, however the black shoulder will loose all the white ticking by the age of 3 from watching other folks birds mature on here.

All the birds in this photo with the exception of the upper right corner are around 16 months old the one in the upper right turned 3 after he dropped his train


None of the birds in these photos are 3 years of age, they will drop their train before their 3rd birthday, genetics play a role in train development IMO

The genetics to play a role. I was just giving an example with my birds. I was thinking about saying some people have peacocks developing trains at young ages but I was just going to wait for you to join the thread.

 

[KsKingBee]

I haven't seen in person any two year old cocks as advanced as what Zaz has, I am tempted to conclude that genetics isn't as much of a contributing factor as her location and the feed that is available to her birds.

 

[connerhills]

I have had a few over the yrs. with full tranes some as large as a 4 yr. old at only 2 yrs. old. Talked to a few others that has had some . but they are very infrequent . George

 

[zazouse]

I haven't seen in person any two year old cocks as advanced as what Zaz has, I am tempted to conclude that genetics isn't as much of a contributing factor as her location and the feed that is available to her birds.

If this is the case i have to wonder why do some of my males unrelated males grow their train slower? or what is deemed the normal rate

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

This male hatched on July 2013, and this image was last November, so he was 16 months old in this image, i sold him to a friend a few months ago and last time i visited him he had a full train just like any 3 years old male, and he will not be 2 until next July.

 

[zazouse]

He is a beauty

 

[KsKingBee]

If this is the case i have to wonder why do some of my males unrelated males grow their train slower? or what is deemed the normal rate

It is probably like CCD in bees, a lot of contributing factors but so far no good explanation.