Male or Female Peafowl :) & some questions..

[MissMorgan7817]

I have a few questions for you experts..I'm a rookie owner! I have 1 peafowl, 5 chickens (females) and 2 ducks (1 female and 1 male) all in the same enclosure. Overall, they all get along really well. Sadly, one of my peafowl was killed by a dog in a freak situation. I am still heartbroken over it Thats why I only have 1 peafowl. So the question is...is my peafowl a male or female? It is about 6 months old. And will it do okay without another peafowl? I know its not easy introducing new birds to the flock and I wasn't really wanting to upset everyone by adding someone new..but I totally will if its best for the peafowl. What do you guys think? It lost it's mate 1 month ago. They were raised together and besties. Now it seems to hang out by itself and I do see it perching with the chickens at times which makes me happy. Thanks in advance for all your help!!

 

[AB03Sam]

Your bird looks like a male to me. I have no experience keeping single peafowl. All of mine are kept in groups. I’m sure he would enjoy to have a mate, but I’m not sure if it’s necessary.

 

[ABS9590]

It's a boy and he would probably very much appreciate some company
When introducing a new bird, I sneak it onto the perch with everyone else at night and usually don't have any problems

 

[MissMorgan7817]

Your bird looks like a male to me. I have no experience keeping single peafowl. All of mine are kept in groups. I’m sure he would enjoy to have a mate, but I’m not sure if it’s necessary.

Thank you so much, should the female I get him be around his age or does it not matter? He is 7 months.

 

[MissMorgan7817]

Your bird looks like a male to me. I have no experience keeping single peafowl. All of mine are kept in groups. I’m sure he would enjoy to have a mate, but I’m not sure if it’s necessary.

Thank you so much. Should the female I get be around the same age as him? He is 7 months.

 

[AB03Sam]

I don’t think age matters too much. I would just see what you can find around his age so that they can be together and breed for years.

 

[Dany12]

AT 2 years old a female of will lay eggs !
At 2 years old a male will not be fertile !

Buy him a friend ... it's also a solution!

 

[KsKingBee]

I have at least five breeding pens headed by two-year-old cocks. They will breed fine but only a limited number of hens. Greens, on the other hand, might not breed until they are four years of age.

 

[Moon888]

AT 2 years old a female of will lay eggs !
At 2 years old a male will not be fertile !

Buy him a friend ... it's also a solution!

We are located in New South Wales, Australia and have had a pair of peafowl for about 18 months. The peahen has laid one egg in this time; they were "homed" (penned) in an old greenhouse which was not secure from "critters" and the egg was taken after a few days. We then built a lovely aviary for them, which they seem happy in and roost there every night. They are able to let themselves in and out through a high trapdoor.
There could be a few problems that I am not aware of:
The peafowl seem really good together, they came from the same farm. However the peahen may be an older bird, because in this time, she has never laid another egg (18 months). She doesn't crouch down to his many mating displays (she seems so disinterested) and he has never tried to jump her? Is she required to crouch down in front of him? He also does not seem to flutter his feathers much to mesmorise her?
The other thing is that I think I may have upset the balance with my peahen and peacock, by putting three ducks into the same enclosure. I did this because the two ducks are laying eggs all over the place, and there are foxes about. The peahen seemed disturbed with them there, and then the male seemed to want to mate with the two ducks. He would display his train inside the enclosure and outside, obviously for the ducks, and for 3 days he stayed in the enclosure, acting like an expectant daddy (he soon gave up and started going outside each day). For about a week or so and now the peahen will no longer go to the peacock, and instead they are spending their time in opposite sides of the garden. The peacock is now screaming so much! He could be lonely on his side of the property?
I have an option to buy a 3 month old or a 12 month old peahen. I would like to take the younger bird so that I can enclose her and handle her a bit (I did not handle the other two at all). On the other hand I am thinking that the older bird may be the better bet; have read that peahens will only mate and lay at the age of 2 years. So whichever bird I buy, neither bird may be mature enough for my peacock?
No matter what the age of the new peahen, the peacock would be pre-occupied getting to know the newcomer, and hopefully stop screeching so much? On the other hand the older peahen could be even more upset by a newcomer? I guess I should try to pen them in together, so see if they will "speak to each other" again : )
I would love to hear some feedback please : )