Do eating habits affect peachick gender hatch rate?

[old biddy]

I read somewhere, a long time ago, that whether a peahen is well fed vs. less food intake may determine the sex of the peachicks hatched. I don't know if that is true or not but I now cannot find anything on the internet to support that "theory." Does anyone out there have any information in this regard? Is that a fact or just an old wives tale?

 

[nchls school]

I'm tending towards wive's tale. Not enough food=no eggs.

 

[Midnightman14]

Nope, males determine gender ratio since they carry the Y chromosome. Same with people.

 

[nchls school]

Bird genetics works a bit differently. Male peacocks are ZZ and female are ZW so it is the female that determines sex. Hardly matters, the point is genetics determines sex not diet.


But thinking about it diet could be a factor influencing genetics; like temperature influencing the sex of some reptiles.

 

[nchls school]

I need to get a life. After more reading there is nothing about diet and pea fowl sex determination

 

[Dany12]

A noise moving :.... Old bulls make more female calves than young bulls!

 

[KsKingBee]

A good diet will influence the health and hatchability of eggs, not the sex.