HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF A PEAHEN

[BrandonsBirbs]

Hello and welcome to BYC! There isn't a better place for learning how to raise your poultry. Ask as many questions as you want, but remember to have a little fun too.

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies!

 

[Boppo]

I am glad to meet you, Steve. It sounds like a peafowl soap opera with a love triangle forming with the ducks! I know nothing about peafowl. I hope you get some knowledgeable tips! Best wishes from Massachusetts, where we are just starting into serious fall weather.

 

[Blue Raptor]

AUSTRALIA: 18 months ago I bought a peacock and peahen and put them into our insecure greenhouse, whilst we were building a secure enclosure/home for them. The peahen laid one egg, which was stolen a few days later. They are in their new enclosure which they go home to every night for their treat and to roost (they let themselves out through a high trap door in the mornings). The peahen has never laid again in the 18 months and seems very disinterested in mating. She used to walk around him, however, she has never crouched down for him, and I am not sure whether he knows how to mesmorise her or to pounce on her? He may be too young?
A couple of weeks ago I put 2 Indian Runner ducks and a drake into the enclosure with the Peas because the ducks were vulnerable outside (foxes and powerful owls) and they were laying eggs in odd places. The peahen seemed a bit territorial when the ducks were enclosed with them (she did not go out into the garden for a few days). Then the peacock seemed interested in the ducks, dancing/ displaying for them (inside and outside the enclosure). Now the peafowl are keeping their distance from one an other, and the peacock is screeching all day long, driving us nuts! Could my peahen be too old to lay and is there a way of telling the age? I am thinking of buying a one year old pied peahen, in the hope that the Indian Blue peacock will be distracted enough. Oh! what to do?

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[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your peafowl

 

[Tookie]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

 

[LozzyR]

Welcome to BYC! This is a great community with lots of support and advice. I hope someone is able to help you with your peahen question.

 

[MaryJanet]

Hi from me in Adelaide there are always peacocks at the royal show. If you don't get an answer on BYC, I'm wondering if the RA&HS could put you in touch with an expert. Or you could try asking the zoo?

 

[Moon888]

Hi, welcome to BYC! pleased to meet you, good luck finding a solution.

Thank you so much, how kind of you to reach out. All the Best xxx

 

[Moon888]

Welcome to BYC! It’s nice to meet you.

Thank you so much xx