How old

[Dany12]

A bird from Spring creek peafowl !
How old is this bird (spalding Bronze black shoulder)?

For me this bird is young (tail)!
At this age how come it is already 'in color' ... I remind you it is black shoulder pattern.

 

[KsKingBee]

How do you know it is one of our birds? Tell me who did you get the pic from.

 

[Dany12]

Oops not yours!
But the question remains ...
How can such a young black shoulder bird already be in color?
A 'non spalding' black shoulder at this age would still be half white!

 

[KsKingBee]

We see the lack of BS pattern in our Bronze and Purple BS cocks, we seem to have at least one every year.

 

[Dany12]

BS patterns that are very quickly in color?

 

[KsKingBee]

This guy is now one of our breeders, Purple BS. This was taken in '18 when he was a yearling.

 

[Dany12]

Totally normal!
In two years the BS pattern will be in place!
The young Bronze spalding BS is young .... OK ...?
Why is it ALREADY all colored ... because it's a spalding?