Gender???

[casportpony]

Mo! Love my little peachick! Its the spalding pictured thanks!

Welcome to BYC!

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This is my very first peachick. I bought it from a local feed store. Anyone care to guess on breed/gender? I know it's early, but just for fun.

Welcome to BYC! -Kathy

 

[mandarin1]

Hi, I was curious how old the peachicks need to be before you can sex them by the barring on their wings? 1 week, 2, 3, 4...? Thanks!!!

 

[Birdrain92]

Hi, I was curious how old the peachicks need to be before you can sex them by the barring on their wings? 1 week, 2, 3, 4...? Thanks!!!

I know that three weeks you can have them sexed by.

 

[mandarin1]

Thank you for your help! I have two older male peacocks, so I'm looking for a female and I hate to go buy some more males. The lady I spoke to has some young one's so I wanted to try and be pretty sure of the gender before spending more money. Again, thank you!!

 

[AmyP716]

Any guesses on the sex of these guys? They will be 4 weeks tomorrow.

 

[Birdrain92]

Any guesses on the sex of these guys? They will be 4 weeks tomorrow.

The Indian Blue peachick (top picture) is a male. The Black Shoulder I'm going to wait for other pea owners that have raised Black Shoulders longer than I have. If I were to guess I would guess male but wait for another person that raises Black Shoulders to agree with me or disagree with me on the Black Shoulder peachick.

 

[AmyP716]

Ok thanks. Should I post more pics pf the black shoulder in a few weeks? At how many weeks will I know for sure? Also another question. I live in MI and was wondering if these guys will need any special care in the winter? I want to have everything ready for them.

 

[Birdrain92]

Ok thanks. Should I post more pics pf the black shoulder in a few weeks? At how many weeks will I know for sure? Also another question. I live in MI and was wondering if these guys will need any special care in the winter? I want to have everything ready for them.

I think the youngest for Black Shoulders is 8 weeks. I don't know what Michigan weather is like. I hope there will be another peafowl owner that has weather similar to Michigan to let you know. I'm in Idaho and we sometimes hit double digit negative but for the most part we're between negative 5 and 20 degrees and my peafowl do fine during the winter.

 

[RubyNala97]

Can I join in and see if anyone can take a guess at my 5 Week olds? I have 3. I wasn't sure exactly what pictures to take, so if these don't suffice please let me know what to take. Thank you!
Here's #1:



Here's #2:



And #3: