HELP!!! My peacocks are breeding my turkeys!

[Texasbirdlady]

Umm so I don't know why but my peacocks are breeding my turkey hens. What will come out of this and why are they doing this?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

They are doing it because they want to and the turkeys are letting them -- it is not uncommon to see interspecies mating with birds housed together. Viability of resulting eggs will vary.

 

[casportpony]

Mine do the same if they don't have peahens.

-Kathy

 

[Garden Peas]

Umm so I don't know why but my peacocks are breeding my turkey hens. What will come out of this and why are they doing this?

Great photos!

Have you seen @zazouse 's photos of her males breeding stuffed animals and stacking up multiple males on top of each other trying to breed? Those breeding hormones sure can get them going...

 

[FaerieChicken]

Would the results be called PeaTurCocks/ PeaTurkHens?

 

[casportpony]

Photos by @zazouse

 

[casportpony]

Here's another peacock picture:


I don't remember where I found it, so can't give the credit it deserves!

-Kathy

 

[Dany12]

... from me ! ... i thing !

Turkeys sometime go slowly out broody on the first photo is visible.It 's a massacre scene!I would describe this as "sexual assault"!You must stop this now!

 

[Garden Peas]

Based on photo #1, I'm pretty sure the turkey said "yes"

 

[casportpony]

Based on photo #1, I'm pretty sure the turkey said "yes"

Quite right! Mine will do that for me and have been known to assume that position for several minutes at a time.

-Kathy