Is He A Cameo Or Peach? He Has Gone Blind Already :(

[MinxFox]

I agree Deerman, this is a pretty major thing that breeders should be aware of so that we can keep this from happening.

 

[Arbor]

Is this also common in purples and peach? I am sure that this happened to my peach hen a couple years back. She started to have the need to look really closely where the food was in order to eat it. then one day I found her layin on the ground with a broken neck. Looked like she just flew off the perch right at the wall.

 

[deerman]

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Have not seen it in the purple , but yes hear of peach doing so.

 

[Garden Peas]

@KsKingBee read this thread. I'm so sorry

 

[frenchblackcopper]

I purchased a trio of Cameo w/e from Craig Hopkins,all 3 have gone blind and so did the few peachicks i hatched from them. Sent him a mesaage on fb about it,but funny I havn't heard anything back and it's been months now.They weren't cheep either,,oh well,got take a hit in the wallet sometimes.

 

[bdfive]

I'm so sorry to hear of your misfortune but even more sorry for the poor birds. What does one do with blind peafowl or should I ask. So very sad. I've wanted peach but will pass on them after reading this. I have a pied Cameo peahen that is in with a White and Silver Pied males and some other hens. Is it possible she could have blind chicks? She's 2 years old now and no signs of her being blind.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

What a depressing thread.

Though I hope the outcome will get better for breeders and they are more careful.

I have a Cameo and Peach in breeding together. They are at least 6 years old and both have good eyesight. I have moved them to different pens twice in the past 14 months and they knew right where the roost and food/water was and of course, no white.
Just hatched their first offspring so I hope neither was able to pass it on from earlier generations. I did not know their original breeder. He passed away in 2011.

I did learn from this thread though so it is helpful, but sad.

 

[Garden Peas]

What a depressing thread.

Though I hope the outcome will get better for breeders and they are more careful.

I have a Cameo and Peach in breeding together. They are at least 6 years old and both have good eyesight. I have moved them to different pens twice in the past 14 months and they knew right where the roost and food/water was and of course, no white.
Just hatched their first offspring so I hope neither was able to pass it on from earlier generations. I did not know their original breeder. He passed away in 2011.

I did learn from this thread though so it is helpful, but sad.

Were they from Deerman? He would have been on the lookout for it for sure, God rest his soul.

I think one of the issues originally was that it took so long to appear in some birds that they had long since produced offspring before anyone realized there was an issue. I believe there are peach and cameo birds that aren't afflicted, which is good news. I'd be concerned about anything that looked like a progressive pied -- would watch that very closely.

To me, this is one of the things about BYC for which we should all be incredibly grateful -- where else are you going to find this sort of information? Once upon a time, some of it was buried on the UPA forum (and perhaps even in the members-only section, I can't remember), but all that old information has disappeared. The fact that people have shared this information freely and that it remains accessible to anyone, member or not, is a real benefit to the peafowl community. So sad as it is, I'm glad it's here.

Even more glad that your birds are healthy!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Oh no, it wasn't Deerman. It was Chuck Garrett, here in SC.

Yes, I think BYC has the best peafowl community there is. I get on other forums but it doesn't seem to be as insightful or dedicated to breeders. I understand newbies and still consider myself to be a newbie to peas but I know a little bit and can follow most of what is written on these pages.

 

[Midnightman14]

I agree cameo but reading the other comments has got me wondering. It was stated that the cameos that often turn white like this go blind. Is it because of an interaction with the pied gene or is it just a result of glandular dysfunction? Just curious as I have never heard of this problem before.