I have a pair of purple peafowl that seem to be off schedule. Last year my hen laid eggs in May but my peacock lost his tail feathers that same month as well. This year the peacock got his full tail feathers in by January and was displaying all the time. The hen laid her first egg the last week in February and another egg about every 3 days until there were 5 total. My peacock started losing his tail feathers mid March and now has only a few left to go.
He's not sick, he acts fine, eats well, chases my roosters around like always, no sign of problems at all. My peafowl free range and stay in the same coop with my chickens. I ran heat lamps in the coop all winter that kept the coop just above freezing. I'm thinking the extra red light all night may have messed up their normal seasonal schedule?
Any thoughts?
He's not sick, he acts fine, eats well, chases my roosters around like always, no sign of problems at all. My peafowl free range and stay in the same coop with my chickens. I ran heat lamps in the coop all winter that kept the coop just above freezing. I'm thinking the extra red light all night may have messed up their normal seasonal schedule?
Any thoughts?