Male or Female?

[KsKingBee]

@KsKingBee and @Argus , I normally agree with you two on sex, so I am curious as to what makes this one look female to you.
Here are large versions of the pictures:

First of all the light colored lacing on the green breast feathers. Second the wide barring on the back feathers. Third the single bars on those feathers, cocks have multi bars on those feathers. It probably has some Spaulding in her, Spaulding hens have barring so that makes it a bit harder and throws a lot of people off. The first pic shows the breast better than the second pic. I also notice that the tail feathers are 'spade' shape which normally says cock, but in young molting birds that rule is not always true.

 

[KsKingBee]

She is an india blue barred-wing. I was going to link you to the stickies for Peafowl 101 and 201 so you could learn a little more about her, but the links are dead.

Here is the main page for the stickies, maybe a mod can fix the links?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/peafowl-sticky-topics-index.389059/

Yes, someone needs to know that the links do not work. @casportpony ?

 

[SuperPeacockman]

Hmm spalding would complicate things but that barring still looks definitively male to me. Domerdoc if you could get pictures of the wings that would be helpful.

 

[casportpony]

Yes, someone needs to know that the links do not work. @casportpony ?

Reported here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/broken-links-in-peawold-stickies.1207671/

 

[KsKingBee]

Reported here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/broken-links-in-peawold-stickies.1207671/

Thank you! I knew you would know the right people.

 

[KsKingBee]

@KsKingBee and @Argus , I normally agree with you two on sex, so I am curious as to what makes this one look female to you.
Here are large versions of the pictures:

You name it Thor and I will name it Thora.

 

[Domerdoc]

I wanted to post newer pictures of my peafowl that everyone seemed so adamant about the gender but nobody could agree. I hope these pictures help to get a consensus on the gender. It was sleeping and I was able to get up really close for some pictures.

 

[casportpony]

I wanted to post newer pictures of my peafowl that everyone seemed so adamant about the gender but nobody could agree. I hope these pictures help to get a consensus on the gender. It was sleeping and I was able to get up really close for some pictures.

He is really pretty!

 

[Domerdoc]

He is really pretty!

So you think it's a boy?!?! Are you sure?

 

[Dany12]

Look like a male ! If the belly starts to have black spots ... it will be 100% true !
Sleeping in the middle of the day ... it's not normal ... why is he awake during the night?