Is this a chicken?!

[msabney]

I know how you feel! We have to climb up the telephone pole to get cell signal. Luck for us we get a whopping 15 Gigs per month for internet.

I would like to see a better pic of your girl when you get a chance. She has a lot of green blood in her making her a Spaulding. Notice that the head is angular from the side view. Her crest feathers are long and fuzzy up the shaft, not like a pom pom on a stick. There are other tell-tale signs too like the tips of the back feathers had a bit of whitish color but the main giveaway is that the bars on the back are wide and dark and only one bar per feather where a cock has multiple bars per feather and are thinner. Spaulding hens will retain some of the barrings on the wings and mostly on the tail. @barkerg is my go-to guy when it comes to Spaulding and green birds, hopefully, he will come along soon.
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Thanks @KsKingBee. Glad to know we aren't the only ones! I'll attach a few more images.View attachment 1145469 View attachment 1145470 View attachment 1145471

 

[casportpony]

Thanks @KsKingBee. I'll attach a few more images.View attachment 1145469 View attachment 1145470 View attachment 1145471

Excellent pictures!

 

[msabney]

Excellent pictures!

Thank you very much! She's become my photo subject often!

 

[casportpony]

Thank you very much! She's become my photo subject often!

I look forward to seeing more pictures of her.

 

[KsKingBee]

Thanks @KsKingBee. Glad to know we aren't the only ones! I'll attach a few more images.View attachment 1145469 View attachment 1145470 View attachment 1145471

So much better! Definitely a nice Spaulding peahen.

 

[msabney]

So much better! Definitely a nice Spaulding peahen.

Thank you for verifying and for sharing your beautiful peas!

 

[barkerg]

Lol but seriously, somebody please voice an opinion on if we have a male or female here. Picking up another today and desperately want to verify if this is a male. Thanks so much! View attachment 1144998

Based in my observations, the breast feathers look to be laced so im suspecting it to be a her. If you could get good normal pics of her breast, sides and back, that would help greatly and yes, i do believe she contains green blood meaning spalding. The yellow lorus aka cheek will depend on the parents genes and how they looked, some lower end spaldings will not display the yellow and some will. Consider this, you can enhance what the bird has genetically but you cannot create whats not there. @casportpony
@KsKingBee

Gerald Barker

 

[msabney]

Based in my observations, the breast feathers look to be laced so im suspecting it to be a her. If you could get good normal pics of her breast, sides and back, that would help greatly and yes, i do believe she contains green blood meaning spalding. The yellow lorus aka cheek will depend on the parents genes and how they looked, some lower end spaldings will not display the yellow and some will. Consider this, you can enhance what the bird has genetically but you cannot create whats not there. @casportpony
@KsKingBee

Gerald Barker

@barkerg I posted these earlier in the thread. Thanks so much for chiming in. I'm new to this peafowl parenting. I'm learning though!

 

[KsKingBee]

@barkerg I posted these earlier in the thread. Thanks so much for chiming in. I'm new to this peafowl parenting. I'm learning though!View attachment 1146384 View attachment 1146385 View attachment 1146384 View attachment 1146385

If everyone would post those good of pics when asking about their birds it sure would make it easier for us. Again, great pics!

 

[TexasSam]

Lol but seriously, somebody please voice an opinion on if we have a male or female here. Picking up another today and desperately want to verify if this is a male. Thanks so much! View attachment 1144998

Isn't that an ostrich