Australorps breed Thread

[Seatrout00]

We've got blue ones and white ones in the wild down here - I dearly wish someone would come and either collect them up for their own farm or shoot the durn things. Terribly invasive on wildlife.

 

[Birdrain92]

Just so others can keep up. There are 3 kinds of peafowl: Indian (the one that everybody knows), Greens, and Spaldings. Then you have varieties and subspecies. Greens have 3 subspecies, 111 Indian peafowl, and 111 Spaldings. Colors consist of Blue, Cameo, Purple, Opal, Taupe, Violeta, Peach, Midnight, Charcoal, and Bronze. Patterns include: Black Shoulder, Pied, Silver Pied, White Eyed, and White. Each color can have one to 3 patterns showing at once depending on what pattern they have.

 

[Birdrain92]

We've got blue ones and white ones in the wild down here - I dearly wish someone would come and either collect them up for their own farm or shoot the durn things. Terribly invasive on wildlife.

I'm in need of another possibly two white peahens.

 

[Birdrain92]

We've got blue ones and white ones in the wild down here - I dearly wish someone would come and either collect them up for their own farm or shoot the durn things. Terribly invasive on wildlife.

Could you send me some pictures especially of their feet. The White hens. A white peahen I bought a few months ago when I went to pick her up didn't notice anything until I let her into the pen. She has curly toes and my fear is that it could be hereditary and spread to the peachicks. That's why I'm might want two White peahens. I think your state Fish and Game can trap them. I would gladly make room for them if they are good enough quality hens.

 

[bruceha2000]

Just so others can keep up. There are 3 kinds of peafowl: Indian (the one that everybody knows), Greens, and Spaldings. Then you have varieties and subspecies. Greens have 3 subspecies, 111 Indian peafowl, and 111 Spaldings. Colors consist of Blue, Cameo, Purple, Opal, Taupe, Violeta, Peach, Midnight, Charcoal, and Bronze. Patterns include: Black Shoulder, Pied, Silver Pied, White Eyed, and White. Each color can have one to 3 patterns showing at once depending on what pattern they have.

Sounds like you need a LOT more peafowl, you haven't even scratched the surface yet!

What about the Congo Peafowl?? Wikipedia (the absolute guaranteed to be right reference site

) says:
"The Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis), known as the mbulu by the Congolese, is a species of peafowl native to the Congo Basin.[2] It is one of three extant species of peafowl, the other two being the Indian peafowl (originally of India and Sri Lanka) and the green peafowl (native to Burma and Indochina)."

 

[Birdrain92]

Sounds like you need a LOT more peafowl, you haven't even scratched the surface yet!

What about the Congo Peafowl?? Wikipedia (the absolute guaranteed to be right reference site

) says:
"The Congo peafowl (Afropavo congensis), known as the mbulu by the Congolese, is a species of peafowl native to the Congo Basin.[2] It is one of three extant species of peafowl, the other two being the Indian peafowl (originally of India and Sri Lanka) and the green peafowl (native to Burma and Indochina)."

They are real. All of that is true to my knowledge. Don't know what the Congolese call them but the Latin name and the existence of a Congo peafowl is true. Yet the Congo peafowl are a lot smaller and not as pretty as Indian and Green peafowl. Exactly. That's why I would some day like to have: Indian Blue, Black Shoulder, Pied, Silver Pied, White, Cameo, Peach, Purple, Violeta, Taupe, Bronze, Charcoal, Opal, and Java Greens. Those are the 14 varieties and I would like 9 of each. All I would really be missing is the other two sub species of Greens (Burmese and Indo Chinese), Midnight, and White Eyed. I kind of like the White Eyed but I don't know for sure if I want a White Eyed. Midnights are slightly different but not as drastically as the other varieties. I just like the Java the most out of the Greens, I might want Indo Chinese but for now just Java.

 

[Seatrout00]

I'm in need of another possibly two white peahens.

Well .... most of the white ones I've seen are in a location called Meritt Island. I imagine some of the folks living there might let you on their property to capture some - last one I saw was at my X In-Law's house. Maybe someone on the Florida list might have some on their property.

 

[Birdrain92]

Well .... most of the white ones I've seen are in a location called Meritt Island. I imagine some of the folks living there might let you on their property to capture some - last one I saw was at my X In-Law's house. Maybe someone on the Florida list might have some on their property.

I'm in Idaho. You could possibly see if your State Fish & Game would catch them. They had to do it to a city near me because the hens were attacking people if people we're getting to close to the nest. So they sedated them and put the hens and eggs up for adoption to anyone not in the same area where the hens were at.

 

[RattlesnakeRidgeWV]

And now back to the Australorp breed thread. How about some BA selfies!

 

[appps]

Hmm yeah I must be due to take some pics of the youngins. I thought they were getting close to laying age because their faces have gone very red so did a count back and am a bit surprised to find they are only 14 weeks old. Thought it was longer than that. Will have to get some photos tomorrow.