Another sexing peachicks thread

[affogato]

What do you experts think on sex? I think left is a female and right is a male, but I'm a newbie. They're about 3 months old.

 

[casportpony]

The one on the left is female for sure. Can you get more pictures of the other?

 

[affogato]

Sure thing--the last photo is a couple of weeks old but he's still got the cream-colored spots on the rachis on his chest today. I don't see much pattern on the flight primaries but they are a light rust color (sorry for the crummy photo quality, I have older ones that show color better but they change color so fast that old photos seem pointless). He's also at least a good inch or two taller than the one you confirmed female, though I appreciate this is difficult to tell in photos haha. Are there any other angles that would help?

 

[KsKingBee]

Yes, you have a pair.

 

[affogato]

Darn, I've been hoping I could change their names from Lucy and Ricky to Lucy and Ethel. Oh, well, hopefully Ricky stays sweet!

 

[KsKingBee]

Don't let Ricky set on your lap and try to not pet him so he will be a little afraid of you. If he does not fear you then he will think he is your equal and when breeding season comes he will flog you to keep you out of his breeding territory

 

[affogato]

Thank you! We banned lap-sitting and petting a couple of weeks ago and he's been a little offended by it (especially because flying up onto peoples' shoulders is his favorite way of getting attention), but he can deal. I would assume having them stand on your wrist to carry them is a no-no as well?

 

[KsKingBee]

It is about the pecking order, if he thinks he is above you he will be aggressive to you when he wants to keep you out of his area. Your results will vary and nothing is set in stone, some people will have very affectionate birds and others will have birds from hell. Play with the hen, she is less likely to get mean to you.

 

[affogato]

Sounds good! We'll keep him from being too clingy.

 

[affogato]

Some updated photos of my pea children

Presumed boy fighting a "snake":

And showing off his orangey flight feathers during a dead bird nap.

Presumed girl looking dignified, as usual. She doesn't seem to have any white on her chest/belly, just black. Does the white come in eventually?

Plus some not-great shots of an odd-looking wild peahen (not mine, but in my garden/part of the same flock my birds are from). I wonder if this flock is part Spalding or something else? I don't know much about peafowl colors.