I am getting a white peachick!! Edit: White peachick pictures!

[MinxFox]

Okay so my mom, dad, and I have all been saying how we want a white peafowl. We were talking about how cool it would be to have a white peachick. Well my dad has a friend who has two free-ranging peacocks and his wife called out of the blue and said she has a friend that hatched out some white peachicks and would give us one for free! She didn't even know we wanted a white peachick she just randomly called! Better yet the chicks are about the same age as my peachick Peep (about 5 weeks), so it would make a good friend for him.

We are not sure if we want a male or a female...A female could be mated to our pied male for pied and white chicks, but a white peacock is just soooo beautiful...Although I probably need another female...

We get to go pick out the one we want in a few days and I was wondering what to look for. I know whites are hard to sex, but since there are several all the same age I guess I just can assume the bigger ones are males and the smaller ones are female. The only time I got to pick the peafowl I wanted when there were several of the same kind was with Alto, and that turned out great because I LOVE him so I guess I should just not worry. I am really excited for Peep to have a friend, I didn't want him to be afraid of peafowl.

 

[deerman]

yes if all the same age the tallest should be males, but only 5 week may still be little early, to even sex that way.....wish you did live so far, have a few white breeding age hens.

 

[MinxFox]

Hmm, well if worse comes to worse if we get one and it turns out to be a male we can always get a white peahen for him when he is three.

 

[Choctaw Valley Farm]

You do know you can hatch Whites out of your Pieds.

 

[MinxFox]

Yes we were wanting a white out of our pieds, but Dragon is losing his train and I think Damsel is done laying this year.

 

[zazouse]

I am getting some whites also, one thing i learned it is much easer to spot my peas from a distance with a white one in the bunch so i decided to get some more.

 

[Kedreeva]

*grins* I think whatever you get, boy or girl, you're going to love it. How can you not love peas! XD It's so easy to get attached.

 

[jimmythechicken]

congrats little blue just loves her white 2 the chicks she are keeping this year are whites.she loves all colors in white eyes so keeping alot of whites around.lolyes i would look for the tallest.can you vent sex peafowl like chickens?

 

[Frosty]

I have always loved the whites... congratulations! I am by no means an expert, but maybe look for the one with the longest legs?

 

[Kedreeva]

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No you cannot and you can injure the birds rather seriously trying. The sex organs are located too far inside the body cavity.